LX Pontual
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • Create Community
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Bill to make marrying your first cousin illegal in Tennessee passes but not without a fight

www.wsmv.com

external-link
message-square
149
link
fedilink
453
external-link

Bill to make marrying your first cousin illegal in Tennessee passes but not without a fight

www.wsmv.com

Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
message-square
149
link
fedilink
  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    14
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    2 years ago

    are you seriously comparing marrying a black person with marrying your first cousin

    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      12
      ·
      2 years ago

      Yes. Explain the difference, if you can.

      • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        11
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        2 years ago

        No, I want you to explain your reasoning, you’re the one who made it. please explain how marrying a black person is just like marrying your first cousin.

        • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          9
          arrow-down
          4
          ·
          2 years ago

          There’s nothing objectively wrong with either one. Both have been banned because they gross people out for purely social (bigoted) reasons.

          • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            11
            arrow-down
            6
            ·
            2 years ago

            Incorrect. One results in higher than normal birth defects that exacerbate over time, and one is perfectly healthy. We, as a society, should try to limit birth defects, no? Are you also in favor of bringing back thalidomide?

            • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              9
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 years ago

              Out of curiosity, are you chill with incest if the couple is incapable of biological reproduction? (They’re the same sex, one or both has been sterilized, ect.)

              • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                4
                arrow-down
                3
                ·
                2 years ago

                incest is not something I’d call myself “chill” with.

                • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  4
                  arrow-down
                  1
                  ·
                  2 years ago

                  And why not?

            • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              6
              arrow-down
              2
              ·
              2 years ago

              The birth defects are on par with a woman over 30 giving birth. Want to ban that too?

              • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                arrow-down
                3
                ·
                2 years ago

                that’s not true, and false equivalencies only serve to make you seem more ridiculous. You’re gross, and your kink is historically shamed because it destroys us a viable species. I feel sorry for the people in your life.

                • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  2
                  arrow-down
                  1
                  ·
                  2 years ago

                  Sorry, it was women over 34: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-cousin-marriage-older-mothers-birth.html

                  Facts. You just don’t like it because of the ick, and the cognitive dissonance is making you angry. No one likes when it’s pointed out that they’re acting irrationally.

                  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    arrow-down
                    1
                    ·
                    2 years ago

                    look at you moving goalposts. go back to disappointing your family.

            • kinttach@lemm.ee
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              4
              ·
              2 years ago

              It increases the risk of birth defects slightly but not as much as people seem to think.

              a single first-cousin marriage entails a similar increased risk of birth defects and mortality as a woman faces when she gives birth at age 41 rather than at 30

              https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-cousins-getting-married-scientists-say-1210072.html

              • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                2 years ago

                continued procreation within the family destroys the viability of the offspring eventually. This is not something to be encouraged.

            • capital@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 years ago

              One results in higher than normal birth defects that exacerbate over time, and one is perfectly healthy.

              Are you for any law preventing people more likely than average to produce offspring with defects from reproducing, or just cousins?

News@lemmy.world

news@lemmy.world

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil

Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.

Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.

Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.

Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.


5. Only recent news is allowed.

Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.

No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.


7. No duplicate posts.

If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.

Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.

All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body

For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 3.13K users / day
  • 7.09K users / week
  • 13K users / month
  • 19K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 36.1K subscribers
  • 30K Posts
  • 691K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • rjc@lemmy.world
  • Tenthrow@lemmy.world
  • JonsJava@lemmy.world
  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
  • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.world
  • jeffw@lemmy.world
  • enu@lemmy.world
  • BE: 0.19.15
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org