You can marry your first cousin in NC, just not a double-first cousin.
(For the uninitiated, you only have a double-first cousin if your dad's brother (or sister) married your mom's sister (or brother). Their kids would be your double-first cousins, genetically as close to you as your own siblings.)
How did this discussion about marryin' cousins get started? :~D
My word, yall are primitive up there.
I think it is fair to say that I am somewhat intelligent, but once you two started talking about cousins, I could not follow anything you'all said. It was like you were speaking another language.