+281 The fact that people are allowed to marry their cousins in some states is a much greater threat to marriage than gay marriage will ever be, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's two seperate issues.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

One can breed.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

A cousin who is the neice of my mom's sister's husband could legally be married to me, being a guy, because there is actually no blood relation. I haven't seen where it is legal to marry a blood relative. Where is your data?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(IsaidWhat?): I'll answer this, since no one else seems to have noticed your question: http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=4266 It's legal in 20 states.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Six states allow first cousin marriage under certain circumstances, and North Carolina allows first cousin marriage but prohibits double-cousin marriage. States generally recognize marriages of first cousins married in a state where such marriages are legal. I saw where it said California was one but this is what it said: Marriages between parents and children, ancestors and descendants of every degree, and between brothers and sisters of the half as well as the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces or aunts and nephews, are incestuous, and void from the beginning, whether the relationship is legitimate or illegitimate. That doesn't sound legal.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

off topic a little why get married

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Cause it floats someone's boat?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

thats it. very weak but I suppose it's very honest.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I mean. I don't think either are really a threat. To each his/her own. Plus, even it's repulsive most times it won't affect you directly.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Exactly. A happy gay couple poses no threat to a happy straight couple.

by Anonymous 14 years ago