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Ms. Toad

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2. You are aware that many blue states
Mon Apr 15, 2024, 08:57 AM
Apr 2024

Including CA, NY, And NJ permit marriage between cousins. (IIRC, there are about 20, roughly half of them blue states.)

And there is no medical reason to prohibit it - the very minor increase in birth defects is lower than, for example, the rate of complications for older women giving birth.

It's not really a dumb country bumpkin thing.

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