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10 years from now. HN Headline: Polygamy upheld by supreme court Comment: While this is excellent news for my polygamous friends, I see no progress on [inser

by Void_ 11y ago

10 years from now. HN Headline: Polygamy upheld by supreme court Comment: While this is excellent news for my polygamous friends, I see no progress on [insert new deviation here]. --- So what do you all think will be the next big thing?

gadders 11y ago
Incest amongst consenting adults.
- gadders 11y ago
  For future googlers - not advocating this, just a guess as to a future debate.
- giaour 11y ago
  IIRC, New Jersey allows this, and consenting, incestuous couple have moved there in droves. I would try to look up the reference but I don't want to do a search for "legal incest New Jersey" on my work computer.
  - jaynos 11y ago
    New Jersey allows marriage of first cousins [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_law_in_the_United_States_by_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_law_in_the_Uni...
  - AnimalMuppet 11y ago
    Allows this? Or recognizes it as marriage? (I'm assuming that it's closer than first cousins.)
    - giaour 11y ago
      Allows this, though it seems that they did so through some kind of legislative error 15 years ago. (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/incest_is_totally_offensive_likely_to_get_on_nj_le.html http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/incest_is_totally_o...)
angersock 11y ago
Polygamy is hardly a new deviation, if indeed a deviation at all.
krapp 11y ago
Robosexuality.
- giaour 11y ago
  What happens between me and my roomba is none of the government's business.
  - krapp 11y ago
    I was thinking about a consensual relationship between a human and a strong humanoid AI. That's just gross.
lmm 11y ago
Furries
towelguy 11y ago
AI+VR Edit: Just remembered this is already happening http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/none/love-plus-scourge-takes-another-life-man-marries-video-game-687520 http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/none/love-plus-scourge-takes-ano...

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10 years from now. HN Headline: Polygamy upheld by supreme court Comment: While this is excellent news for my polygamous friends, I see no progress on [inser

by Void_ 11y ago

gadders 11y ago
Incest amongst consenting adults.
- gadders 11y ago
  For future googlers - not advocating this, just a guess as to a future debate.
- giaour 11y ago
  IIRC, New Jersey allows this, and consenting, incestuous couple have moved there in droves. I would try to look up the reference but I don't want to do a search for "legal incest New Jersey" on my work computer.
  - jaynos 11y ago
    New Jersey allows marriage of first cousins [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_law_in_the_United_States_by_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_law_in_the_Uni...
  - AnimalMuppet 11y ago
    Allows this? Or recognizes it as marriage? (I'm assuming that it's closer than first cousins.)
    - giaour 11y ago
      Allows this, though it seems that they did so through some kind of legislative error 15 years ago. (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/incest_is_totally_offensive_likely_to_get_on_nj_le.html http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/incest_is_totally_o...)
angersock 11y ago
Polygamy is hardly a new deviation, if indeed a deviation at all.
krapp 11y ago
Robosexuality.
- giaour 11y ago
  What happens between me and my roomba is none of the government's business.
  - krapp 11y ago
    I was thinking about a consensual relationship between a human and a strong humanoid AI. That's just gross.
lmm 11y ago
Furries
towelguy 11y ago
AI+VR Edit: Just remembered this is already happening http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/none/love-plus-scourge-takes-another-life-man-marries-video-game-687520 http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/none/love-plus-scourge-takes-ano...