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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:13 AM Original message |
Poll question: Should First Cousins Be Allowed To Marry? |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Can I marry my dog? |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You can marry your avatar. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. One |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. a guy on Jerry Springer married his horse |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. actually |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I did. We'd be okay. |
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I AM SPARTACUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. well, you ARE a writer... |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. LOL |
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I AM SPARTACUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
44. now, hold on... |
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LastKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. dont worry, im sure youll find somone sooner or later... |
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Philosophy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
36. I have the same problem |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 05:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
53. LOL |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
49. that's just lazy!!! 10 billion people in the world. can't find 1 |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:40 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. If you met him (assuming you're hetero), you'd want him. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've never wanted to marry my cousin... |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. only if |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. LOL |
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LastKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. sure. Only if you were both rendered infertile after the ceremony |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. there really |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
64. Tru Dat |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. "rendered infertile" ?? |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 06:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
54. Look at the paintings out of Spain and you see why not. |
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LiviaOlivia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. Sure if you want offspring like Prince Charles |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. Information from the link provided above -- thanks! |
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LastKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. didnt hitler also marry his cousin? |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Oh, for crying out loud. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. No |
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LastKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. eh o well, im probably thinking of someone else... |
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gyopsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
15. Yuck! No! |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Do you have an argument |
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gyopsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. If you plan to do it... |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. What part of this was unclear? |
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gyopsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Maybe not you... |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I'm not defensive about first-cousin marriage |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. I am defensive. |
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gyopsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. It's gotten worse lately |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. "Spite" is not the half of it, sometimes. |
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Philosophy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. Genetically, there's really nothing wrong with it |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. family history |
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Philosophy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. So being a writer |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. actually, my freeper mother takes great delight in |
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Philosophy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Freeper family values? |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
47. It gets to be a problem with successive generations |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
61. A 50% greater chance for genetic disorders in offspring is not "nothing" |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Depends on how high the incidence is in the first place... |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
70. Used to be common in the U.S. as well |
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LastKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. think of how odd that would make thanksgiving dinner... |
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La_Serpiente (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
31. You can already marry first cousins in some states |
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LastKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. 'legal under certian circumstances' |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:02 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. some states |
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LastKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:04 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. if there are no or very little genetic side effects... |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. The laws were on the books before genetics got to be |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. because of popular perception |
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gyopsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I don't think it should be against the law |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:57 AM Response to Reply #38 |
59. You can in Mississippi--marry a first cousin, that is. |
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ArwenJade (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
40. I personally find the idea repulsive |
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PragMantisT (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
42. You mean they ain't? |
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Piltdown13 (829 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
52. I voted "other" |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
55. I remember an article... |
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lcooksey (373 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
56. There is a whole website devoted to cousin marriages |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
57. I was in love with my first cousin |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
58. No...and genetic problems can occur from first-cousin marriage |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:00 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. It has to be repeated behavior |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:06 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. If two people have recessive genes for a genetic disorder and they marry |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:38 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Pedantically, I don't think haemophilia would be affected |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. It's an X-linked recessive genetic mutation... |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Mendelian! I'm glad you cleared that up... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 05:06 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. LOL! Well, it was awfully early when I posted this AM |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 03:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. Compare the offspring of a female carrier |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
63. No way! |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
66. BTW, for the "think of the congenital diseases!" crowd: |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 11:37 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. What about adopted siblings with no blood relation? |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. No, that's just wrong. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
71. My mother's parents were first cousins |
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Drifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
72. It depends ... |
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Armand (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
73. That's.....gross. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
75. I went to school with a guy who's parents were 1st cousins... |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
77. Only south of the Mason-Dixon Line |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
78. Anybody know, by the way, what the commonest birth defects resulting from |
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MAlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
79. Alls I know |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
80. I once kissed my cousin |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
81. I'm not against it. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
83. As one whose father's family tree is rather stumpy |
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