After reading an article emailed to us a couple weeks ago BU resorted to the ubiquitous Wikipedia to understand the term Genetic Sexual Attraction. The article highlighted the story about a Penny Lawrence, 28 who tracked down her father, Garry Ryan, 46 after her mother died. The father left Penny Lawrence’s mother when she was pregnant. To get to the gist of the matter, “upon meeting, they felt an instant physical attraction, which resulted in a sexual relationship. Ms Lawrence is now pregnant with her father’s child.”
The BU household immediately thought, oh my gosh, how disgusting! On further reading we were ‘enlightened’ that what we thought to be an illegal and immoral act could actually be a documented condition. Although the BU household readily accepts the label of being conservative on family values, on the flip side we have been exposed to life enough not to immediately dismiss strange occurrences.
Explaining the act of a father impregnating his daughter under the diagnosis of GSA, no way José!
To the old fashion BU household we believe what we have here is incest, pure and simple. Older Barbadians would understand the term inbreeding and the attendant issues of physical defects passed on often times to the offspring. Some will offer the excuse that this kind of thing has been happening for a long time. What we have here is the in your face deposit of the matter. The public’s ready acceptance by the parties. In days of old when it did occur those involved knew it was wrong and would do all humanly possible to manage it away from the public eye. Nowadays it appears the same behaviour is worn as if it were a badge of honour.
As we enter the important Christian season of Holy Week the role of the Church seems to be waning. There was a time when the Church’s role was to ensure a high moral standard was maintained. Today the moral compass seems to be quivering with indecision. No doubt the endtimes cadre resident on BU will interpret the obvious moral decline as the sign of things to come.
The challenge for modern society is accepting the right of the individual to freedom of choice while establishing a societal standard. How do we manage the two conflicting positions?
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