Incest Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Aunts, uncles, nieces or nephews==== {{see also|Avunculate marriage}} In the [[Netherlands]], marrying one's nephew or niece is legal, but only with the explicit permission of the Dutch government, due to the possible risk of [[genetic defects]] among the offspring. Nephew-niece marriages predominantly occur among foreign immigrants. In November 2008, the Scientific Institute of the Christian Democratic Party (CDA) announced that it wanted a ban on marriages to nephews and nieces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/11/gates-of-vienna-news-feed-11262008.html|title=Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/26/2008|first=Baron|last=Bodissey|date=26 November 2008}}</ref> Consensual sex between individuals aged 16 and older is always lawful in the Netherlands and Belgium, even among closely related family members. Sexual acts between an adult family member and a minor are illegal, though they are classified not as incest but as abuse of the authority such an adult has over a minor, comparable to that of a teacher, coach, or priest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elfri.be/incest-strafbaar |title=is incest strafbaar ? | Goede raad is goud waard β Advocatenkantoor Elfri De Neve |publisher=Elfri.be |date=15 July 2009 |access-date=30 July 2013|language=nl}}</ref> In [[Florida]], consensual adult sexual intercourse with someone known to be one's aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew constitutes a felony of the third degree.<ref>Criminal Law β Page 200, John M. Scheb β 2008</ref> Other states also commonly prohibit marriages between such kin.<ref>Family Law in the USA β Page 207, Lynn Dennis Wardle, Laurence C. Nolan β 2011</ref> The legality of sex with a half-aunt or half-uncle varies state by state.<ref>The Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects β Page 101, James Wynbrandt, Mark D. Ludman β 2010</ref> In the United Kingdom, incest includes only sexual intercourse with a parent, grandparent, child, or sibling,<ref>{{cite web|title=Incest by a man.|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/69/part/I/crossheading/incest|work=Sexual Offences Act 1956|publisher=National Archives UK|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref> but the more recently introduced offense of "sex with an adult relative" extends as far as half-siblings, uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|title=Sexual Offences Act 2003|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/64|work=legislation.gov.uk|publisher=The National Archives of United Kingdom|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref> However, the term 'incest' remains widely used in popular culture to describe any form of sexual activity with a relative. In Canada, marriage between uncles and nieces and between aunts and nephews is legal.<ref name=can1>{{cite web|title=Repeal laws banning cousins from marrying: Geneticists|url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.752965|publisher=CBC}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page