Will Somalis (in America) Join the Mormon Petition in Utah?

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Cousins petition Utah to honor their marriage.

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Should first cousins be legally allowed to marry? Depending on the state, it is legal for cousins to marry. In the state of Utah, however, it is not.

For Angie and Michael Lee, they hope the state of Utah changes the law.

According to KTVX -TV, the couple went to the state of Colorado to legally marry. They are hoping to have Utah honor their marriage.

The couple said that they spent 10 years apart, but were ready to reunite this winter after both becoming single. They acknowledge that their love is taboo.

"We said OK this is crazy but we're adults now, we're single now, we're just going to go for it and who cares what our family thinks," Angie Lee said.

For her husband Michael, this is about true love.

"No one I've ever been with will make me feel as perfect as she does. Her being my cousin and some of the responses is a small price to pay," Michael Lee said.

Marriage of first cousins is generally legal in 19 US states. Utah allows first-cousin marriage if both spouses are more over the age of 65, or 55 if they can prove infertility.

If the Lees plan on having children, their children could face a slightly higher risk of birth defects. According to a report from Popular Science, the average child born has a 3-4 percent risk of a birth defect. But for children of first cousins, that risk increases to 4-7 percent. That is because cousins share 12.5 percent of their DNA with each other.

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/cousins-petition-utah-to-honor-their-marriage
 
I would gladly sign that petition.

You got a problem with that Aussie?

@halwa

Are you planning to marry your cousin?

Why would I have a problem with it? About a fifth of global marriages are cousin marriages. As long as they have health insurance and cover any genetic disorders among their children, it is fine.
 

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@halwa

Are you planning to marry your cousin?

Why would I have a problem with it? About a fifth of global marriages are cousin marriages. As long as they have health insurance and cover any genetic disorders among their children, it is fine.


In my religion it is okay to marry your cousins and Somalis have done so in the past and still do.


Waa caadi, sxb. It is okay. And any child is at risk of birth defects. You’re supposed to be happy with whatever the almighty gives. That’s our principle. If it is meant to happen then it will happen. You can’t escape faith.


It could even happen between spouses who are not even related, since one of them or both got married because they do not want autistic children.


It is all right! But you’re free to marry whoever you want. Doesn’t have to be your cousin.
 
Never understood the legal beef with 'incest' and polygamy. Homos and trannies are cool, but you can't marry two women? Land of degeneracy I say
 

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Not only are there no cousin marriages but most people in my family married outside of our qabiil
Maybe in recent times, probably in last 50 years, but anything before then you will find within your family that their cousin marriages. There's no shame in it, The Prophet pbuh married his cousin Zaynab bint Jahsh
 
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