It's actually legal in Florida, FYI. (I was curious, so I googled it lol.) It's a weird thing to prioritize and definitely worth a chuckle, but my personal view is if two consenting cousins want to get married, what do I care?
The piece says that he is defending his bill, but I never saw his supposed defense, and I cannot imagine what it would be
I've long been conflicted about where to draw the line here and whether it should be criminal assuming its between consenting adults. First, though, my understanding is that a very significant percentage of incest cases are arguably not consensual. In addition, I recently watched a video about the Whittaker family. First time I'd heard the phrase "double first cousins," and the parents of these folks might have been that (being first cousins and sharing both sets of grandparents). Very sad what the descendants have had to go through. Edit: The link played for me but now says unavailable when I tried to link it. Here is one article. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/r...s/news-story/d21ec992408301a6b5f23de5c299d572 The Whittaker Family videos are on YouTube though. Chalk up another point for diversity.
Reading only the Newsweek link, I did not understand the bill to be about redefining the degree of consanguinity permitted for issuance of a marriage license but simply decriminalizing by definition the crime of incest if it involved a first cousin
Aren't there issues with inbreeding? I haven't done my first cousin sex research today, so maybe I'm wrong.
Observed inbreeding effects appear fairly small with first cousins. Consanguineous marriages: Preconception consultation in primary health care settings
Yeah, one can debate the merits of the bill. But how or why is this what he thinks needs addressing? It’s just bizarre.
I can just about guarantee that people who support puberty blockers and reassignment surgery are outraged about this.
