Posted by figleaf
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Mon, 2011-09-05 10:34
Carlin Ross says
Easier to marry your cousin than your same-sex partner... says alot about our country
Source: Carlin Ross's blog
Yikes! Hadn't ever looked at it that way before! But yikes!
Interesting that neither West
Submitted by chingona on Mon, 2011-09-05 21:21.Interesting that neither West Virginia nor Kentucky allow first-cousin marriage, but New York and California do. I know that wasn't your point. Nonetheless ...
It's my impression that the
Submitted by FD (not verified) on Tue, 2011-09-06 13:43.It's my impression that the US is also something of an outlier when it comes to cousin marriage being taboo. Kinda spoils your point.
Having children with a first
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-09-10 20:33.Having children with a first cousin in not a genetic risk, unless you family makes a habit of it for several generations.
"Having children with a first
Submitted by figleaf on Sun, 2011-09-11 13:42."Having children with a first cousin in not a genetic risk, unless you family makes a habit of it for several generations." This is true enough, but since the context is same-sex marriage there's pretty much zero genetic risk for any offspring. And for the most part reservations about cousins marrying is *not* just about genetic risk anyway. Social "inbreeding" has its impacts as well. So the cousins exception still doesn't wash for me. --fl
I was not actually arguing
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-09-11 14:23.I was not actually arguing against your point. I just mean that BOTH restrictions are ridiculous. After you throw away religious arguments, the case against gay marrage boils down to:
1) It's Icky
2) but, but, but.. DEFINITION! (pointless sophistry)
The case against cousins boils down to:
1) genetic risk of inbreeding (not true)
2) It's Icky
If we want to disallow 'It's Icky' as a wighty argument (and I do) then we should allow both.
Exactly. Saying "yikes" to
Submitted by Sarah Rain (not verified) on Sun, 2011-09-18 09:33.Exactly. Saying "yikes" to first-cousin marriages is close-minded. http://xkcd.com/471/
I find it interesting that,
Submitted by Vir Modestus (not verified) on Sun, 2011-09-11 14:24.I find it interesting that, with a few exceptions, the places that are most likely to consider same sex marriage to be in defiance of "God's law" are also the states most likely to allow close-cousin marriage. Correlation?
Haha, so funny. It's only in
Submitted by tiffer (not verified) on Tue, 2011-09-20 17:56.Haha, so funny. It's only in the U.S (probably) that cousin-marriage is considered icky. It's really funny.