The "Switzerland of America" is?

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The "Switzerland of America" is?

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Incest is still socially and legally taboo in the United States, but attitudes may be changing in other parts of the world, at least when it involves adults and not minors.

Switzerland has proposed decriminalizing consensual sexual relationships between first-degree relatives, like siblings and also between parents and their adult children. Any coercive sex or incest with a minor would still be illegal.

Social conservatives in that country have called the bill "completely repugnant," and a survey has shown that 60 percent of the public opposes changing the law.

American psychologists and legal experts say that there are still sound reasons why incest should be illegal, even if it appears it is a choice between consenting adults.

"It is still a social taboo and the ick factor is much stronger than the criminal factor," said Professor Joanna L. Grossman, a professor of family law at Hofstra University in New York.
"Everyone Should be aware that you're just a screen grab away from infamy."
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If I recall, it's only been about the last 10 years or so that Switzerland outlawed sex with children... which created an increase in sexual assault of domestic pets... nix that... it was Sweden.

In Oppositeland news, Amazon has pulled all incest related ebooks, and retroactively removed them from any Kindle that may have downloaded them.

http://theselfpublishingrevolution.blog ... iness.html
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