http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/081222/science/science_cousins_marry

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PRINCE.EDWARD.ISLAND (CBC) - Laws banning first cousins from marrying are based on outdated assumptions about higher risks for offspring, population genetic experts say.

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"These laws reflect once-prevailing prejudices about immigrants and the rural poor and oversimplified views of heredity, and they are inconsistent with our acceptance of reproductive behaviors that are much riskier to offspring," the pair conclude in a journal forum where historians and philosophers reflect on topical issues in biology.

"They should be repealed, not because their intent was eugenic, but because neither the scientific nor social assumptions that informed them are any longer defensible."

The researchers give the example of a 2002 expert review on birth defects. The panel concluded the risk to those born to cousins is smaller than generally assumed at 1.7 to two per cent higher than the population-wide risk of birth defects, which is between two and three per cent. The review panel thought such a rate did not warrant any special testing before conception.

"Women over the age of 40 have a similar risk of having children with birth defects and no one is suggesting they should be prevented from reproducing," the article said.

"People with Huntington's Disease or other autosomal dominant disorders have a 50 per cent risk of transmitting the underlying genes to offspring and they are not barred either."

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theres a 1 in 3 chance hes the father of my baby and there is nothing wrong with that

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pro-life people are retarded cunts

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wut

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this

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And when I shall die, take him and cut him up in little stars,
and he will make the face of heaven so fine
that all the world will fall in love with night
and pay no worship to the garish sun

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my cousin and i are dating and are love is as real as anybodys and should be respected

theres a 1 in 3 chance hes the father of my baby and there is nothing wrong with that

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ew. incest.

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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
-Isaac Asimov

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my cousin and i are dating and are love is as real as anybodys and should be respected

theres a 1 in 3 chance hes the father of my baby and there is nothing wrong with that

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You are such a fucking Troll.

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"It's livewire...  WE don't care..." - Dr Gregory House
In the end, we're all waste product.

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Makes me sad that people actually took the time/money/effort to fight for something like this and forgot about the important thinsg that are going on in the world. Like you know, Aids, Hunger, War, Genocides, Rapes, Gangs, etc.

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And ending the prejudice and legal attacks incestuous lovers endure is a noble goal.

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Incest and bestiality are neat.

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Quote: from iJeannie at 8:01 pm on Dec. 23, 2008

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Makes me sad that people actually took the  time/money/effort to fight for something like this and forgot about the important thinsg that are going on in the world. Like you know, Aids, Hunger, War, Genocides, Rapes, Gangs, etc.

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Dumb argument. There's always "a better cause." You could apply that point to anything.

And ending the prejudice and legal attacks incestuous lovers endure is a noble goal.

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Quote: from Mediocre at 11:07 pm on Dec. 23, 2008

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Quote: from iJeannie at 8:01 pm on Dec. 23, 2008

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Makes me sad that people actually took the time/money/effort to fight for something like this and forgot about the important thinsg that are going on in the world. Like you know, Aids, Hunger, War, Genocides, Rapes, Gangs, etc.

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 Dumb argument. There's always "a better cause." You could apply that point to anything.  

 And ending the prejudice and legal attacks incestuous lovers endure is a noble goal.

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Your definition of noble goal and my definition of noble goal are clearly different.

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