Bill to make marrying your first cousin illegal in Tennessee passes but not without a fight - eviltoast
  • catloaf@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Honestly, it’s not that big a deal unless it happens for multiple generations. There is enough genetic difference between first cousins for it to not count as inbreeding.

    I would recommend against it if there is a significant risk of genetic diseases being passed down, but that’s true even for any two random people.

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      7 months ago

      Honestly, if it’s consensual I don’t care just let women have control of their own bodies and keep their damn religion out of government. They can have cousin-fucking just leave minorities and LGBTQ+ alone.