Want to get married?

[redgreenandblue]

[Hawkowl]

1. Ha!

And no, I do not want to get married!

[HockeyMom]

2. Your map is outdated

New York State has allowed Gay Marriage since last June. Yes, my lesbian daughter is getting married in NY.

[redgreenandblue]

3. I agree, it is not the most recent, but certainly food for thought.

[HockeyMom]

8. New Hampshire and Maryland too

NH voted against repeal, and Maryland just recently signed Marriage Equality into law. Since I have a lesbian daughter, I try to keep up on these things.

Sorry, forgot all about Connecticut! They have all had Marriage Equality for a few years also. My daughter has friends, living in NY, who married in Ct. in the past.

[Son of Gob]

14. Here's a more recent map

[HockeyMom]

21. Much better

[obamanut2012]

5. Congrats to your daughter and her fiancee!

[frogmarch]

4. What are

the "certain circumstances" that allow first cousins to marry in some states?

The top map is a disgrace. Apparently most Americans are morans.

[redgreenandblue]

6. No clue. I picked this up on facebook, lol.

[frogmarch]

19. :-) Well, as we all know,

Facebook is a very reliable source!

[Tobin S.]

7. I live in Indiana

Here it is legal for first cousins to marry if they are 65 or older.

[frogmarch]

17. Thanks. Not sure

what it is here in Nebraska.

[Nye Bevan]

26. Are they allowed to have sex if they are younger,

or just not to marry?

Or is having sex illegal too?

[Silver Swan]

9. Generally, in states allowing first cousin marriages in certain cases,

Cousins are allowed to marry if they are over a certain age, or at least one of the parties is irreversibly sterile.

[frogmarch]

18. The irreversibly sterile condition makes sense

and so does the over a certain age one, if the woman can't become pregnant.

Thanks.

[trackfan]

15. In some cases it is if they are considered beyond childbearing age.

In others, you can marry a first cousin if they are not a "double" cousin, i.e. a cousin on both sides.

[frogmarch]

20. Strange that any

states would OK first-cousin marriages as long as the man and woman aren't double cousins. Children born to parents who are first cousins could have serious health problems.

[surrealAmerican]

23. That turns out not to be true ...

... except in rare cases of known hereditary disorders. Statistically, first cousins don't really share that many genes. It's mostly a cultural taboo.

[frogmarch]

24. Well, I'll be. I had not

heard that. Interesting.

[Cirque du So-What]

10. Only in Vermont

can same-sex partners who happen to be first cousins get married.

[provis99]

11. only 8 of 11 southern states allow cousin marriage?

I'll bet the other three allow brother-sister marriage, though...

[Ecumenist]

12. Too late, married almost 11 years... Hey you wanna get married, if were up to me,

knock yourself out. Are you in love? Blessings, get married. You just don't know how I wish I could make it so for any American that wanted to get married could and I am PISSED the hell off that the MORMON church thought it was their business to sneak into my beautiful state to dictate who you can love and commit your life to.

However, I got this thing about incest, can't see myself marrying a BLOOD RELATIVE!!! If that's your thang, well, what can I say?

[Occulus]

13. It's a good thing Obama is President.

We wouldn't want gay marriages to be a thing left up to the individual states. Of course, Obama wouldn't ever take such a vile, bigoted position on such a thing, would he?

(Oh, snap)

[KG]

16. fierce advocatin'

[BlueIris]

22. Classic.

American standard, right there.

[LiberalFighter]

25. Wisconsin allows first cousin marriages if the woman is at least 55

But Indiana requires both to be at least 65.