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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:44 AM Original message |
How Many States That Ban Gay Marriage Let You Marry Your Cousin? |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Massachusetts? Vermont? California? Help me out here. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Didn't know I had a keeper |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Public forums are for discussion... you can't expect to like everything you hear. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Am sure you are above being scolded |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. What I said is my opinion... I didn't know we had to explicitly state that now. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Telling me to let it go |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. M'kay |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Dear, it's not a hateful argument, if your wedding also counts as a family reunion. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Speaking of Chris Hansen.... |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I'm not saying it's not perhaps a double standard... |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Thank you, originalpckelly |
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Change has come (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. When was marriage equality legalized in Maryland? |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 03:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Both states recognize same sex civil unions n/t |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Marriage equality was not achieved in Maryland OR New Jersey. |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
7. Wow I never paid much attention to states that allow 1st cousins to marry.. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes, they do recognize those marriages. They have no choice |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. You should be able to marry whoever. Get your government hands off my bride. nm |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. Why is the government even in the business of recognizing marriages? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The government provides more than a thousand benefits to married people. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I never doubted they were |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I agree with you. Many European countries have removed most of the benefits of marriage. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Agreed |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. It all goes back to protecting patriarchy. Independent women are a threat. |
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BillStein (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. yeah, but... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. See we've set up this complicated system of law to benefit another |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Government is a manifestation of society... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Imagine a society where people were free to live with and sleep with whomever they please |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. You don't have to get married by the government you know right? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. If you can honestly read what I wrote |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. Why shouldn't cousins marry? They are no more genetically similar than 2 strangers. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Well they are a bit more related |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Actually, it is higher |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Not really |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. There have been a lot of first-cousin marriages throughout history. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
35. So- in some states, gay cousins can get married? |
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