Bill to make marrying your first cousin illegal in Tennessee passes but not without a fight - eviltoast
Two Republican lawmakers voted against making marriage between first cousins illegal in Tennessee.
  • ZeroCool@slrpnk.netEnglish
    163·
    7 months ago

    Maybe (probably) he’s saying it to beat on LGBTQ people, but a broken clock and all that.

    I am not willing to give republicans the benefit of the doubt when it comes to their invocations of Obergefell v. Hodges to defend cousin-fucking. If you’d like to that’s your prerogative. But doing so is completely unearned on their part and suggests naivety on yours.

    • NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
      610·
      7 months ago

      I’m not giving him the benefit of the doubt. Blatant homophobe or no, it’s a valid legal argument that hasn’t been tested in court.

      Edit: Unless you have some caselaw already addressing this that I’m not aware of, I’m pretty sure we’re having two completely different conversations.