Can conjoined twins have sex without committing adultery?

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HomeschoolDad said:
Indeed, there might be different answers based on different situations.
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True. I was kind of shocked by the picture of two girls with one body but two heads. If they did get married, would they marry one man or two men?
 
redcatholic said:
I have often wondered of the liability to CAF or its members or the diocese in which it is located when minors are given access to sexual topics on this site. If anything else it seems tone deaf to the world that the Church operates in now. I’ve been reprimanded on this site for something far more mild than several open topics right now. I know the OP is an adult but not only do children read these things, but they ask sexually explicit questions if the lay (and clerical) members and engage in conversation with them about explicit topics. Sexual morality is a huge part of Catholicism. But as a parent I cringe at the underage access of these topics.
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At least in theory, it is up to the minor’s parents, to allow or disallow the minor to view any particular type of information. If they do not see such information here, they’re going to see it elsewhere, and if they have to get curious and read up on such things, isn’t it better for them to get orthodox Catholic information instead of secular ideas?

I would welcome an age blocker to keep those under 18 from accessing CAF, but unless there is going to be a paywall — something that no one would want, and would defeat the purpose of making “Catholic answers” available to the whole world — there’s no other way to do that, than to use the honor system (i.e., “Yes, I’m Over 18”, like alcohol and cigarette advertising).
Tis_Bearself said:
From my vantage point, “hard cases make bad law” and like I said are also apt to be decided individually, taking into account all factors. So between that and the fact that these are a tiny, tiny number of cases, the more so since the tendency now is to try to separate such twins, I don’t see consideration of the issue as adding much to the party.
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Conjoined twins such as the Hensel sisters cannot be separated. Again, I don’t want to get into how the Catholic moral principles at issue here affect two 30-year-old women, in that I am a male twice their age.
 
They had to get two separate driver licenses, but are paid one teacher salary. (I can’t believe I’m posting on this tread)
 
LumineDiei said:
watch an Alfred Hitchcock movie instead of coming up with incredibly outlandish and beyond bizarre scenarios.
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I don’t see how this scenario can be incredibly outlandish and beyond bizarre if God created these people.
 
Dlee said:
They had to get two separate driver licenses, but are paid one teacher salary.
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That is just wrong. Granted, both of them cannot teach at the same time, but given their tragic circumstances, I think the school district could pay each of them a full salary, as a matter of common decency and humanity, if nothing else.

They are two amazing women who have overcome, to the extent that is possible, arguably the greatest temporal tragedy that could befall two people. If there is a greater hardship in life than having to share one’s body, from the waist down, with your twin sibling, I’d like to know what it would be.
 
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HomeschoolDad said:
They are two amazing women who have overcome, to the extent that is possible, arguably the greatest temporal tragedy that could befall two people. If there is a greater hardship in life than having to share one’s body, from the waist down, with your twin sibling, I’d like to know what it would be.
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I don’t know. I don’t think all twins would look at it that way. It might be prejudice talking that we think of it as a tragedy for all. Isn’t it possible that siblings could enjoy being close to each other, and relish the cooperation necessary to share that body? I think it would take a certain type of personality, yes, but I think that also they don’t know any other way of life. Someone who is blind from birth doesn’t know what it means to see, and gets by in this world nevertheless. Conjoined twins don’t know what it means to be separated, and if they’re OK, then I’m OK.
 
Since topics like “How many angels can fit on a needle’s head?” were discussed by scholastics at the universities during the High middle ages, I don’t think this fascination with bizarre scenarios is anything new.
 
I totally agree. A reasonable priest would probably decide this way and wouldn’t participate in the Sacrament.
 
Chang and Eng shared a liver.
They both married separate women and had a bunch of kids.

Abby and Brittany share a uterus, but have separate brains and minds.
This is where the adultery question would be relevant.
 
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HomeschoolDad:
They are two amazing women who have overcome, to the extent that is possible, arguably the greatest temporal tragedy that could befall two people. If there is a greater hardship in life than having to share one’s body, from the waist down, with your twin sibling, I’d like to know what it would be.
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I don’t know. I don’t think all twins would look at it that way. It might be prejudice talking that we think of it as a tragedy for all. Isn’t it possible that siblings could enjoy being close to each other, and relish the cooperation necessary to share that body? I think it would take a certain type of personality, yes, but I think that also they don’t know any other way of life. Someone who is blind from birth doesn’t know what it means to see, and gets by in this world nevertheless. Conjoined twins don’t know what it means to be separated, and if they’re OK, then I’m OK.
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I see what you mean. They have never known anything different, and they seem to be happy, intelligent, well-contented young women. I admire them very much.
 
LumineDiei said:
If twins are so conjoined they cannot be surgically separated, the possibility of either of them entering into a valid Sacramental marriage is zip, zilch, zero.
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How so?
What part of their condition prevents a sacramental marriage?
 
Even though they are physically joined, each twin is still an individual. That should answer your question. Two separate people in one body. No, I don’t see a problem with it.
 
The article I read said they were negotiating their unique contract. I would imagine the school district would make an exception to avoid publicity.
 
I think in order to answer this accurately we’d have to know exactly how they are conjoined… but I also think it’s none of our business! It is an interesting question though, provoked some thought in me!
 
Dlee said:
The article I read said they were negotiating their unique contract. I would imagine the school district would make an exception to avoid publicity.
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If I were a taxpayer in their school district, I’d say yes, go ahead and pay each of them a full salary, I don’t mind, raise everyone’s taxes a few dollars to do it, if you have to. I’d say they’ve earned it.

Keep in mind, too, the unduplicatable, unique life lesson that their students learn from them.
 
Katie777 said:
Too bizarre.
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In Chang and Eng’s era, they were truly considered bizarre and kept as medical oddities for demonstration to other doctors and even at circuses and side shows. Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! documents them in excruciating detail, trading on the shock value of the outlandish medical stories produced by the annals of scholarly journals and publications.

People have always been intrigued, shocked, or frightened by medical and scientific anomalies. I think there has been great progress made today in normalizing many things that were once considered tragedies. I look forward to the day when all human dignity is recognized and respected without treating people as animals in the zoo.
 
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