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At 2/16/08 02:46 PM, Zanarchy wrote: Yes I would marry her. I love her with all my heart, even if she doesn't know it.

I'll be 15 tommorow, and she's only 12. I don't think proposing right now is the best of ideas.

At 2/16/08 02:33 PM, Truth wrote: So if you were in love with your cousin, with you consider marriage?

I love my cousins...But i could never be in love with my cousins.

Even if i did love my cousin in that way. I would never try to make something happen out of that.

At 2/16/08 02:33 PM, Truth wrote: ...in United states, it's usually frowned upon since there is a slight chance of offspring birth defects.

I don't think this is true. I think that myths about birth defects from inbreeding (the technical name for having children with family members) are exactly that: myths. The real problem with inbreeding though, is that there's little variation in genes. What this means is that if your family isn't particularly resistant to a certain disease and that disease hits, your whole family will be affected. Though, this is a long term side-effect, you'd need to have made a large population from one family across generations, which in human society, is very unlikely to happen.

I would never love a family member in a sexual way.
Therefore no, I would not marry my cousin.

At 2/16/08 02:33 PM, Truth wrote:
So if you were in love with your cousin, with you consider marriage?

You just mentioned it's frowned upon and illegal in most states. That usually prevents many from getting married by fear of rejection alone. Try and bring that one up at a family dinner. "folks, I have an announcement to make. Me and my cousin are getting married."

I'm not attracted to my cousin, but even if I were, chances are: she might not like me back and think me sick for liking her, and of course the aforementioned, where the family and community look down upon you wherever you go. If we were living in another culture, tho, it would be perfectly acceptable. Afterall, King Tut married his sister, and no one gave two shits about it.

At 2/16/08 03:13 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote:

At 2/16/08 03:09 PM, Keebalicious wrote:

At 2/16/08 03:05 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: I don't know why inccestual marriage is frowned upon while homosexual marriage is welcomed with open arms.

I don't know where you've been... but gay marriage is not welcomed with open arms.

I'm in the UK. We generally allow minority to walk over us over here. Whether they be Muslim, Polish, or Gay, you can be damn sure they've got more rights than the ordinary citizen. Blair stared it, Brown said he'd stop it, he has yet to do so.

I see a similar thing happening in the US.

And here I was thinking it was because you had a more secular government, and were more progressive then the usa. Now, with that statement, I realize you're no better. Thanks for changing my view of you guys! :D

Legal incest!?

Rejoice!

At 2/16/08 02:33 PM, Truth wrote: Research shows, that 1st cousin marriages are actually very common all over the world, but only recently in United states, it's usually frowned upon since there is a slight chance of offspring birth defects. Although some people argue that birth defects more importantly involve a women's age, some states (USA) have already laws that prohibit marriages between first cousins.

Famous people who married their cousins include:
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rudy Giuliani

So if you were in love with your cousin, with you consider marriage?

the people who do marry there cousins are mentally ill let me explain myself, Albert Einstein was known for having no common sense, he once had a cat and Einstein cut a flap in his door to let the cat come in and out of his study now this cat had a litter (kittens) and Einstein decided to make another flap in the door for the kittens when they could have used the existing flap therefore he may be a genius but cannot make up simple thought

It's really weird to me, but it's technically okay to marry and engage in sexual intercourse with your cousin, but not okay to do it with anyone else in the family. The subject is actually open to interpretation because the Bible doesn't say anything about cousin couples being right or wrong. But also, in the Bible, there are occurrences of cousin couples. Isaac was married to Rebekah, his first cousin once removed (Genesis 24:12-14)

At 2/16/08 02:33 PM, Truth wrote: Famous people who married their cousins include:
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rudy Giuliani

There is also Johann Sebastian Bach, John Adams, Adolf Hitler, Jerry Lee Lewis, Edgar Allan Poe, FDR, and thousands of other people I can't remember

At 2/16/08 03:55 PM, chunkylover105 wrote: Einstein was an incredibly intelligent nutter.

Marrying your cousin does not mean you have no common sense.

Okay, if, like me, there is a three year age difference between you and your oldest female cousin. And you are thirteen, and your cousin is annoying, English and very very shy, there may be something slightly wrong with you.

But with Einstein this was not the case.

At 2/16/08 02:37 PM, goodguy004 wrote: no because you would go to hell.

not necessarily. It's technically not prohibited by the Bible

No, all my female cousins are pretty ugly imo, but maybe if there was a hot one in there, I may consider a date or I might not.

I have no problem with two consenting adults pursuing a romantic relationship if they wish it, no matter the relation.

At 2/16/08 03:55 PM, chunkylover105 wrote: the people who do marry there cousins are mentally ill let me explain myself, Albert Einstein was known for having no common sense, he once had a cat and Einstein cut a flap in his door to let the cat come in and out of his study now this cat had a litter (kittens) and Einstein decided to make another flap in the door for the kittens when they could have used the existing flap therefore he may be a genius but cannot make up simple thought

That doesn't make him stupid. In fact, it's' not a bad idea at all. I would have done something like that. It's the same reason there's a door for the driver of a car and a door for the passenger. Go figure.

Also, you only provided a scene for one person. I need more proof than that to say that they're all idiots.

in british papers a month or two ago there was an article about two unidentical twins who were seperated at birth ended up married, it goes on to say tht when the couple found out they imediately decided to spilt and to never have sex again
how unlucky must that be.

still you'd have to be pretty dumb to do that though, imagine the conversations,

man- "i was born on the 11th of july"
woman- "so was i, i never knew my real parents"
man- "niether did i. i was born and raised in london"
woman- "so was i, we don't half look like each other don't we."
man- "you know what this could mean...we're perfect for each other"

At 2/16/08 02:33 PM, Truth wrote:

So if you were in love with your cousin, with you consider marriage?

thank you i wont be able to sleep tonight

At 2/16/08 03:22 PM, spiritual101 wrote:
I love my cousins...But i could never be in love with my cousins.

Well, that's a whole different scenario.

At 2/16/08 03:23 PM, Keebalicious wrote:
I don't think this is true. I think that myths about birth defects from inbreeding (the technical name for having children with family members) are exactly that: myths. The real problem with inbreeding though, is that there's little variation in genes. What this means is that if your family isn't particularly resistant to a certain disease and that disease hits, your whole family will be affected.

I agree, it could be a myth. More research needs to be done.

At 2/16/08 03:34 PM, OPIUMSKUM wrote: Try and bring that one up at a family dinner. "folks, I have an announcement to make. Me and my cousin are getting married."

yeah, it only sounds weird because of our culture.

At 2/16/08 03:55 PM, chunkylover105 wrote:
the people who do marry there cousins are mentally ill let me explain myself, Albert Einstein was known for having no common sense, he once had a cat and Einstein cut a flap in his door to let the cat come in and out of his study now this cat had a litter (kittens) and Einstein decided to make another flap in the door for the kittens when they could have used the existing flap therefore he may be a genius but cannot make up simple thought

So one of the smartest person in the world was mentally ill and has no common sense?

At 2/16/08 04:00 PM, adompeace wrote:

At 2/16/08 02:37 PM, goodguy004 wrote: no because you would go to hell.

not necessarily. It's technically not prohibited by the Bible

Weren't Joseph and Mary cousins?

At 2/16/08 04:14 PM, thetoughfairy wrote: in british papers a month or two ago there was an article about two unidentical twins who were seperated at birth ended up married, it goes on to say tht when the couple found out they imediately decided to spilt and to never have sex again

They weren't the smartest couple.
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What happens if shes not really your cuzin, and that your mom is adopted, and here adopted dad is related to someone who had a kid and had a kid... So you where never really related...

{[:3 cowboy.

interesting question....but my awncer would be no because i would never fall in love with my cousins....

You must belong in then.Shelbyville

Yes I was making a reference to the Simpsons

At 2/16/08 03:03 PM, MysteryAlt wrote:

At 2/16/08 02:33 PM, Truth wrote: Famous people who married their cousins include:
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rudy Giuliani

Don't forget Edgar Allan Poe, who married his 12 year old cousin.

Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 year old cousin.

But I would have difficulty, seeing as my cousin's are basically the closest thing I have to siblings.

isnt that incest? ya in religion at my retarded private school my teacher said 2nd cousins and closer is incest and is just wrong and i agree but i dont think id still marry my 3rd cousin or further thats weird

At 2/16/08 02:33 PM, Truth wrote: So if you were in love with your cousin, with you consider marriage?

No; I would consider therapy, since loving your cousin is simply disgusting!

uhhhh, a third cousin yes

At 2/16/08 05:53 PM, DCorp wrote: You must belong in then.Shelbyville

Yes I was making a reference to the Simpsons

and you fail

At 2/16/08 06:00 PM, Livin-Legend wrote: isnt that incest? ya in religion at my retarded private school my teacher said 2nd cousins and closer is incest and is just wrong and i agree but i dont think id still marry my 3rd cousin or further thats weird

Again, only in modern western society may it be considered incest.

At 2/16/08 06:01 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:
No; I would consider therapy, since loving your cousin is simply disgusting!

50 years ago, no one would consider it disgusting.

At 2/16/08 06:01 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote: No; I would consider therapy, since loving your cousin is simply disgusting!

Only in contemporary American society is it considered disgusting. In reality, it really isn't. Loving anyone else in the family like that is a different story. It's not wrong at all. It's just portrayed that way in the media, which always blows everything out of proportion anyway. I'm not saying I'm in love with any of my cousins, nor do I know any cousin couples. Even though it's against the law here, marrying your cousin is ethnically acceptable.

At 2/16/08 09:47 PM, adompeace wrote: Even though it's against the law here, marrying your cousin is ethnically acceptable.

Sorry, I meant to type "ethically", not "ethnically" lol. Sorry. My bad.

Basically everyone in Europe or with European ancestory has an ancestor from nobility/royalty, and nearly all nobles married their cousins to ensure their families position of power. So yeah, whites in general are a bunch of inbreds.

There's a higher chance of genetic disorder occurring if you have sex with a cousin, but it's only because you are both more likely to carry the same recessive alleles. It's not for some magic reason. If you don't have a family history of that disease, then you won't have a higher chance of your child having that disorder whether you screw a stranger or your cousin.

You forgot to mention Edger Allen Poe. And to answer your question, I'm not blood related to one of my cousin so if I did want to marry her it would be okay in the case of retarded children. Not likely the family would approve of it much, but you get what I mean.

At 2/16/08 02:37 PM, goodguy004 wrote: no because you would go to hell.

where a man with horns will poke you with a hot metal stick
or u can go to heaven where you grow wings and fly around in the clouds :)

THATS FUCKING RETARDED JUST GET THE FUCK OUT