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NowISeetheLight

(3,998 posts)
Wed Jan 17, 2024, 01:39 PM Jan 2024

Incest... Not... Opps... Strike That [View all]

A new Kentucky Republican legislator had introduced a bill that included removing "first cousin" from the incest law.

Nothing like Talibangelical Family Values!

Anyway... After it went viral he quickly backtracked and put "first cousin" back in, saying it was a mistake.

SURE IT WAS!!!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article284338699.html

Unbelievable..

Wilson said he filed the bill to “combat a problem of familial and cyclical abuse that transcends generations of Kentuckians.” “I understand that I made a mistake, but I sincerely hope my mistake doesn’t hurt the chances of the corrected version of the bill,” he wrote. “It is a good bill, and I hope it will get a second chance.”

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article284338699.html#storylink=cpy

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Incest... Not... Opps... Strike That [View all] NowISeetheLight Jan 2024 OP
Must've got lucky EYESORE 9001 Jan 2024 #1
There is more sexual abuse in families than other social construction Stargazer99 Jan 2024 #2
It's legal to marry your 1st cousin in CA, NY, and MA Jose Garcia Jan 2024 #3
As it is in 27 other states (without restriction in 24, with some restrictions in 6). Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #6
If it was good enough for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin Retrograde Jan 2024 #4
There's a disease called CMT. Butterflylady Jan 2024 #5
Aside from isolated cases like this with a known hereditary disease, where genetic counseling is appropriate, Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #7
"Not to mention that not every marriage results in children" Silent3 Jan 2024 #9
That would open up a whole bunch of cans of worms . . . Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #10
I see what you mean about "eugenics", but "eugenics" bad name came from racist assumptions... Silent3 Jan 2024 #14
It's not just racism. Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #18
First cousins are not a problem. SYFROYH Jan 2024 #8
Are you aware the First Cousin marriage is legal in..... brooklynite Jan 2024 #11
I'M SUPRISED THE USUAL SUSPECT catsudon Jan 2024 #17
No, they're on the list too brooklynite Jan 2024 #19
Cornelius Vanderbilt married his first cousin, Sophia Johnson, and they bore 13 children together. PufPuf23 Jan 2024 #12
I remember back years ago when I was a young Emile Jan 2024 #13
First cousin marriage is legal in a lot of states. Elessar Zappa Jan 2024 #15
Yup. Oddly enough, not Kentucky n/t TexasBushwhacker Jan 2024 #16
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