Marital Prohibitions
The Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church have a long history of various marital prohibitions. The Church of England has always prohibited marital relationships between relatives related up to the third degree (e.g., uncle-niece).{ table of kindred and affinity 1563 usually printed with the book of common prayer 1662}
In South Korea, it had historically been forbidden to marry someone with the same surname and clan regardless of the distance of the relation. Such marriage had been prohibited by law until it was ruled unconstitutional in 1999.
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“Your children are not here to fill the void left by marital dissatisfaction and disengagement. They are not to be utilized as a substitute for adult-adult intimacy. They are not in this world in order to satisfy a wife’s or a husband’s need for love, closeness or a sense of worth. A child’s task is to fully develop his/her emerging self. When we place our children in the position of satisfying our needs, we rob them of their childhood.”
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