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Someone posted to facebook a week or two back. I don't want to marry my cousins. They're all carriers of red-green color blindness.
http://www.cousincouples.com/?page=facts
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=4266

I know of no state that allows first cousin marriages where it is possible for there to be off-spring. Please cite for any state you think does.

Sure thing.

First cousin marriages are legal with no restrictions at all in:

Alabama - Alaska - California - Colorado - Connecticut - District of Columbia - Florida - Georgia - Hawaii - Maryland - Massachusetts - New Jersey - New Mexico - New York - Rhode Island - South Carolina - Tennessee - Virginia - Vermont

And with some restrictions (like no double-cousins, age restrictions, sterility, etc) in:

Arizona - Illinois - Indiana - Maine - North Carolina - Utah - Wisconsin

http://www.cousincouples.com/?page=states
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=4266

I know of no state that allows first cousin marriages where it is possible for there to be off-spring. Please cite for any state you think does.

Humm, a google search on "first cousin marriage" turns up

Where it is stated:

26 states allow first cousin marriages; most people can marry their cousin in the US.

No European country prohibits marriage between first cousins. It is also legal throughout Canada and Mexico to marry your cousin. The U.S. is the only western country with cousin marriage restrictions.

It is estimated that 20 percent of all couples worldwide are first cousins.

The list at http://www.cousincouples.com/?page=states seems to show a number of states that allow unrestricted marriage between first cousins: AK, AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, MD, MA, NJ, NM, NY, NC, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA and Washington DC, with links to the appropriate state laws on marriage and incest at http://www.cousincouples.com/info/statelaws.htm

I know of no state that allows first cousin marriages where it is possible for there to be off-spring. Please cite for any state you think does.

Humm, a google search on "first cousin marriage" turns up

Where it is stated:

26 states allow first cousin marriages; most people can marry their cousin in the US.

No European country prohibits marriage between first cousins. It is also legal throughout Canada and Mexico to marry your cousin. The U.S. is the only western country with cousin marriage restrictions.

It is estimated that 20 percent of all couples worldwide are first cousins.

The list at http://www.cousincouples.com/?page=states seems to show a number of states that allow unrestricted marriage between first cousins: AK, AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, MD, MA, NJ, NM, NY, NC, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA and Washington DC, with links to the appropriate state laws on marriage and incest at http://www.cousincouples.com/info/statelaws.htm

I learned about cousin-marriage legalities from either a FWD or an A.P. Article. It has been several years, so I cannot remember.

Actually, only 26 states allow first-cousin marriage. If the http://www.cousincouples.com/info/facts.shtmlfacts are correct, then the U.S.A. is the only western country that has illegalized cousing marriage (at least partially).

Grandparent is probably a regular visitor of cousincouples.com...

I am actually not married to my cousin, nor my sister. In fact MARRYING your cousin is ILLEGAL in Ohio, yet is is legal in California!!! http://www.cousincouples.com/info/mostppl.htm
If you are going to insult me, get your facts straight. And then go fuck yourself.

Anybody know of a MIDI file of "Duelling Banjos" so I'll have a motive to hack http://www.cousincouples.com?