[IbJensen]

In Roman Egypt the abuse of marriage to keep family inheritances together (not father and son, but father and daughter) was universal. It's an interesting coincidence that Egypt in Roman times was one of the most violent societies on record.

Go against God's Word and everything goes to hell!

[sickoflibs]

Interesting thought. Would that be legal in SS marriage states like Maryland and NY?

[Tulane]

I’m all for it. LOL. The irony is too rich. Obama lowers the estate tax threshold to $3 million NOT indexed for inflation...USSC kills DOMA....voila...liberals, no more estate taxes.

Before we get too excited, there are incest laws. Perhaps that is the next court challenge.

[Loyalist]

And why not?

Homosexuals are not legally barred from marriage (in most places, anyway) as long as they marry a member of the opposite sex.

There would appear to be no logical or juristic reason that heterosexuals could not enter into a same-sex “marriage” if such were legal.

[Iron Munro]

More unintended consequences of liberal social engineering.

Anything that reduces the amount of money the government strips from citizens and the economy gives the people the last laugh.

[alancarp]

I hereby define Nixon’s Law: For every taxtion, there is an equal and opposite reaction (loophole).

[DuncanWaring]

When Zepps countered that laws against incest should prevent such unions,...

Nope.

The position of those pushing for homosexual "marriage" is that any two people who love each other should be allowed to marry.

I love my mother, my mother loves me.

How dare the state stand between us!!!

</Oedipan rant>

[proxy_user]

There are already potential loopholes.

For example, two wealthy old men with roughly equal assets could agree to marry each other’s granddaughters.

[onyx]

Obviously, "change the damn benefits," NOT marriage, given that our overblown, centralized government has gotten into the nefarious business of "benefits."

NO NEED nor rationality whatsoever, to legalize unions of SODOMY!

[From The Deer Stand]

GLBTXYZ....it’s getting hard to keep up with modern society.

[Mr. K]

oh no... someone is going to be an out-of-work actor soon...

Wait until the backlash starts, Jeremy

[cicero2k]

I agree that marital status should not be a criteria for wealth transfer.

Come up with a better tax law, but leave the family alone.

[jennychase]

First states should remove restrictions like marrying to cousins or incest etc. from marriage certificate requirement.

[whd23]

I’ve made this very same argument with my more liberal friends and they also toss up the “incest” canard. Frankly, I hope to see this “loophole” exploited everywhere homo-”marriage” is legal.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

A lawyer called in to the Howie Carr show to make that exact point. He said that Massachusetts law prohibitions on consanguinity only specify Father-daughter, Mother-son (as well as sister-brother), and have not been amended. He actually advised clients that they should not overlook the possibility of such marriages as a way to shelter inheritances, though he didn’t necessarily recommend them.

[RatRipper]

Estate taxes violate Constitutional private property rights . . . IMHO . . . and when income tax rates reach a point, they do, too.

[SoldierDad]

“It seems to me that now [gay activsts are] fighting for the name,” Irons told HuffPo Live host Josh Zepps. “I worry that it means somehow we debase, or we change, what marriage is. I just worry about that.”

I've got news for Jeremy Irons. Marriage is being debased and changed when this liberal government allows and sanctifies homosexual relationships as marriage.