Notice the lack of racial data. Similar in the past to 'news' stories that left of the race of killers - meaning they were black. When killers were white it wa in the first paragraph.
Incest is still legal to some extent in 19 US states, where two first cousins can marry. Most of the states fall on the coasts and in the South.
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And my family was horrified that I went out on date with a 4th cousin. They believe cousins have be past 6th cousins for it not to be incest.
How many married people are walking around and are 4th, 5th, or 6th cousins and don’t even know it? Probably quite a few.
The article takes a real problem which is child molestation, and mixes it up with the notion that “people in Alabama marry their sisters”.
Note that by lumping together marrying a cousin with the abuse of a child, they are able to say “incest” is more common on the coasts and in the South.
The coasts are the Democrat cities, the South is the more liberal marriage laws.
I’m not saying bad stuff can’t happen on a farm, but far more abuse is happening in the inner cities.