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Originally Posted by Zeraph
And what if she was? What if you suddenly found out you were adopted (or whatever) and she turned out to be your cousin? Would you let a mental mind set brought on by a small portion of ignorant society destroy the love you have for your wife?
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A mental mind set? Hardly. It's the hypothetical genetic similarities between my wife and I that would have greatly increased the probaility that a genetic problem could have negatively effected my daughter, the most precious thing in the world to me. That's what my opinions are formulated upon, not a so called "small portion of ignorant society".
If my wife and I were related, which we absolutely are not, I would seriously consider becoming asexual. I would raise my daughter, release my wife from her responsibility to be faithful (I wouldn't want her to be celebate for the rest of her life, that's her decision), and I would simply live out the rest of my life. I'll never stop loving her, of course, but sexuality with a first cousin is wrong, and that will not change in my mind.
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Originally Posted by McDuffie
I have to make a correction here.
This isn't at all like a half sibling. Half siblings share 25% of their DNA and one parent.
First cousins share 12.5% of their DNA and no parents.
I still won't be having sex with any of my cousins, but the point is that erroneous information is erroneous information and it should not be used to support your case.
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Please read my posts carefully before correcting them. I used the word "like" in comparing half siblings with cousins. The word "like" was used as a simile, or a word to make a comparison between two unlike things. The comparison was not direct. If I say, "She is like a rose", I am not saying that she grew from a seed pod.
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Originally Posted by Toaster126
Did you make the argument the religious right makes against gay marriage on purpose or was that just really awesome?
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Coincedence, I'm sure. Also, I support gay marriage, but I'd never marry a dude. I'm going to have to ponder if the comparison between homosexuality and incest of the cousin-to-cousin type is very different. Cousin to cousin can produce healthy offspring, where as homosexual couples require an incubator or cogenitor. The flip side is of course that incestual relationships are much more generally considered as taboo in many cultures than homosexuality.
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Originally Posted by zed wolf
Oh, and willravel, if you post the poll I will answer it honestly. Just make sure you really want to know the answer.
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OH, you mean a zoophilia poll. I'm not really interested in it. Honestly, I'm not interested in homosexuality, pedophilia, incest, zoophilia, etc (please do not take that I am comparaing those things except that they are considered by some to be taboo). The nice thing about being a liberal like myself, is that I will fight for the rights of others, even if they trigger an ick factor. While it's obvious from my posts in this thread that the cousin thing hits a major ick factor in me (as once did homosexuality, and as pedophilia and zoophilia still do), but what you do in the comfort of your home, so long as it doesn't hurt or take advantage of anyone, is fine with me. I hope that's always clear.
At the end of the day, you're behavior is your own and if it doesn't hurt anyone, what does it matter if it makes other people go 'ick'?