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I want to marry my cousin...
djf

Posted on 01/17/2015 10:54:02 AM PST by djf

Well, not really. But maybe!

Can you marry your cousin? It's an interesting question.

In some states, YES, you CAN marry your first cousin! In other states - it's a no-no, forbidden.

Now HOW and WHY was this state of affairs (or marriages, be it whatever) allowed to exist? How and why did states HAVE THE RIGHT to determine under what conditions marriage was allowable?

Because it was RECOGNIZED by the federal government that equal protection WAS NOT VIOLATED by such marriages!

Thoughts? Ideas?

(btw, my cousin is kind of cute, but she's just not my type...) ;-)


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: cousins; homosexualagenda; incest; marriage; marriagelaws; statesrights
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1 posted on 01/17/2015 10:54:02 AM PST by djf
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why not just marry your dog?


2 posted on 01/17/2015 10:55:43 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: djf

Your cousin is only “kind of cute”? Now you’ll be in trouble if she reads that.


3 posted on 01/17/2015 10:56:25 AM PST by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: djf

Because it was considered incest?


4 posted on 01/17/2015 10:57:03 AM PST by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: djf

It is not incest if condoms are used ALL the time! ;-)


5 posted on 01/17/2015 10:57:55 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
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To: Monterrosa-24

Muslims do it. And, then can divorce them just by telling them they’re divorced. Ain’t Sharia Law wonderful?


6 posted on 01/17/2015 10:58:10 AM PST by Sasparilla (Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
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To: djf
usually not 1st cousins... they want the DNA to have a chance to breath
7 posted on 01/17/2015 10:58:20 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: djf

you and your cousin should take banjo lessons then


8 posted on 01/17/2015 10:58:54 AM PST by beebuster2000
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To: djf

In Islamic countries you and your brother could marry each other’s daughters.


9 posted on 01/17/2015 10:58:58 AM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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10 posted on 01/17/2015 10:59:45 AM PST by RedMDer (I don't listen to Liars but when I do I know it's Barack Obama.)
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I think, if I read this right, the real point is that previous SCOTUS decisions on the question of who may marry were left to the states...


11 posted on 01/17/2015 11:00:53 AM PST by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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I thought they just killed them when they were done.


12 posted on 01/17/2015 11:01:16 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
In Islamic countries you and your brother could marry each other’s daughters.

I think that makes normal genealogical relations very confusing. The business analogy would be Japanese keiretsu, or Korean chaebol. It's fun at first, but there are downsides.

13 posted on 01/17/2015 11:01:57 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: djf

Now that we are on the verge of the Supreme Court declaring a constitutional right to homosexual marriage, other marriage restrictions such as this cousin ban, will eventually fall. All it takes is for pressure groups to force the issue through the courts.

The liberals laugh and ridule anyone who has suggested that homosexual marriage will lead to polygamy or any other consequences. We will see. The underlying concept in homosexual marriage court cases has been that consenting adults who choose to live their lives together are entitled to marriage. The same concept can be applied to polygamy, incestuous marriage, group marriage ..... We will see in years ahead how far the liberals push this.


14 posted on 01/17/2015 11:02:07 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: 9thLife

At least the dog won’t tell the neighbors.


15 posted on 01/17/2015 11:02:32 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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16 posted on 01/17/2015 11:02:42 AM PST by PROCON (Je suis Charlie Bronson.)
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To: djf
We approve this message.


17 posted on 01/17/2015 11:03:07 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: djf

It’s OK if you’re “kissin’ cousins.”


18 posted on 01/17/2015 11:03:46 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: BlueNgold

yes probably correct but that was when supremes didn’t ajudiacte they followed the constitution


19 posted on 01/17/2015 11:04:37 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: Dilbert San Diego

how far the liberals push this

As far as they can in other words “were screwed”


20 posted on 01/17/2015 11:06:03 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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