Saw This One Coming
Government's Interest in Order and Morality
By Chuck Colson
Christian Post Guest Columnist
Thu, Mar. 22 2007

Sometimes I know how Ian Malcolm, the mathematician in Jurassic Park, felt. His warnings about the folly of the park’s creators were vindicated by the sight of a T-Rex eating an SUV. Then, all Malcolm could say was “I hate being right all the time.”

Well, I’m not right all of the time. I do know what it’s like, however, to hate being right.

The BBC recently ran a story about a German couple named Patrick and Susan. The couple has been living together unmarried for the past six years and has four children. In a continent full of unmarried couples with children, this particular pair stands out—because they are brother and sister.

As a young child, Patrick was given up for adoption. He finally met his mother and the rest of his biological family, including Susan, seven years ago. After their mother died, the two became, in the BBC’s words, “lovers.”

When German authorities learned about the “relationship,” they placed three of their children—two of whom have disabilities—in foster care and charged Patrick with incest. Patrick has already served two years and faces more jail time. the rest