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To: TigerPaw who wrote (224621)	3/17/2005 11:13:26 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1571897

Thanks, TP. It won't be long before "equal protection" extends to incest and pedophilia. Tenchusatsu

To: TigerPaw who wrote (224621)	3/17/2005 12:52:56 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1571897

"That may not be so." Uncle Cecil is making a point about first cousins. And the rate of generic abnormalities is higher for such issue, but the percentage is fairly low to begin with. Think about it, for most of human history, chances were high you were going to marry someone related to you, because everyone you knew was a relation to some degree. As he notes, Let me emphasize we're talking strictly about cousin marriage here. The incest taboo regarding parent-child and sibling unions is still strong in Europe and most other places. Setting aside the issue of exploitation where minor children are concerned, such unions have a much higher risk of "adverse medical outcome"--7 to 31 percent, according to Bennett et al.