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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo I couldn't marry my gf in North Caroline, but I could marry my cousin!
Don't know if this has been posted before or not, but follow the link to see a list of the states that sill allow first cousin marriage. On the list none other than North Carolina. Way to keep living in the 1800's!!
http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/human-services/state-laws-regarding-marriages-between-first-cousi.aspx
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So I couldn't marry my gf in North Caroline, but I could marry my cousin! (Original Post)
blur256
May 2012
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abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)1. Pretty surprising list of states that allow
Marriage between first cousins. California.....wtf?
Iggo
(47,548 posts)2. That is exactly correct.
DavidDvorkin
(19,473 posts)3. Only if your cousin is of the opposite sex.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)4. That could explain the whole situation regarding the vote.