Adult Incest Ban: Teenage Daughter to Marry Father!

TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that would ban adult incest in the state. The idea has been portrayed in both books and movies such as “Flowers in the Attic”. But the topic of incest, not just among siblings, but also between father and daughter – now has real world implications in the New Jersey Legislature, of all places. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think that our code our statute did not prohibit this activity. And that’s what we’re acting so quickly, because that door must be closed,” said New Jersey Assemblyman Scott Rumana. Scott Rumana and Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini, along with other colleagues announced plans Wednesday. “I don’t think anybody, by any moral, or ethical, or any other test, would not find this to be something that we should allow, and should take immediate action to stop,” said Rumana. The bill would make it illegal to marry or commit an act of sexual penetration with a blood relative, including half-siblings. Violators could face three to five years in prison and a fine of up to $15,000. Angelini, a Republican from Monmouth County, said adult incestuous relationships “violate our acceptable moral standards” and often involve sexual abuse that is blurred by the “consensual” loophole. The measure comes in the wake of a New York magazine report that a Great Lakes-area 18-year-old plans to marry her long-estranged biological father and move to New Jersey. “She’s too young to understand that he’s really behaving inappropriately. And certainly not behaving as a father would,” said psychologist Dr. J. “Buzz” Von Ornsteiner. Donna Mae DePola has earned her right to weigh in on this issue — she was the victim of an abusive, incestuous relationship with her own father. “I wouldn’t call it a relationship. I would call it childhood rape,” said DePola. DePola – who has written a book about her experience – says she spent years paying for the emotional trauma inflicted by the man who helped give her life. “I don’t think anyone that reads that – or there might be – this world is a strange place, that might think that people’s hearts are as one, and they’re in love. And I just don’t’ see that. I see him taking advantage of his daughter, and actually raping her, and sexually abusing her,” said DePola. As for the father and daughter from the magazine article that has stirred the New Jersey legisture in to action…they say they intend to have children – after their planned move to the Garden State. Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner aka Dr. Buzz is forensic psychologist who runs a mental health court advocacy program in Brooklyn, N.Y.