 The petition will be debated in HolyroodScottish MSPs will today discuss a petition calling on the
government to make incest legal between consenting adults over the age of
21. The petition, by Richard Morris, claims that the existing
law is “inappropriate, unfair, ineffective and discriminatory” and suggests
that public “prejudice and bigotry” about incest was caused by ignorance. He has also apparently likened the issue to
historical treatment of homosexuals. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear on the matter
of incest and states the following: |
