The plaintiff’s son, who is already an adult, agrees with the request and also asked that his identity be kept in reserve, as the news may lead to rejection.
A man, whose identity and information is generally kept in reserve at his own request, asked the court in New York, USA, to allow him to marry his own biological son.
According to the Clarín newspaper, the man sued the federal court in Manhattan to repeal existing laws prohibiting incestuous practices. Man asserts that these practices belong to “individual autonomy,” and everyone must be free to practice or not.
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The plaintiff’s son, who is already an adult, agrees with the request and also asked that his identity be kept in reserve, as the news may generate rejection or disgust in different social segments that they would consider the case as an immoral action.
In the lawsuit filed on April 1, the man argues that repealing the law would allow him and his son to marry legally and experience a more expressive intimacy and a higher level of spirituality among all. two.
However, current New York State law provides for a 4-year prison sentence for people who commit incest, because it is considered a felony of the third degree, which is why the marriage of the plaintiff and his son could not be held and both would be sentenced to pay large sums in fines, in addition to going to jail.
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One of the main obstacles in this type of case, according to the Office of the Secretary of the City, is that in official marriage licenses in the five New York districts, the information of the biological father and mother of the contractors is requested, as well. how to establish that there are no legal impediments that prevent officiating the marriage, which would clash with the crime of incest that originates, in this case, the relationship.
In the documents consulted by the local newspaper The New York Post the context of the relationship is not known, not even the gender of those involved, it is only known that they are father and son and can not procreate, which would mean that they are people of the ‘same sex.
The father, meanwhile, says that as long as the law condemning incest is not repealed, he will not officially ask his son for marriage, because he “would have to endure the emotional damage” of not being able to be legally married.