In most states, it is illegal to marry someone of the same sex. In other states, it is legal to be married to your first cousin. While looking at gay marriage inequalities, Mac McClelland was inspired to make a map showing where kissing cousins can make an honest man/woman out of each other. "Map of the Day: Cousin Lovin'"
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Back in the 60s or 70s my grandmother's sister divorced her husband and married her first cousin. They had each already had children in their first marriages, so there was no question of imbreeding (which was prohibbited by law anyway), and they lived together as soulmates until my great uncle passed away last year.
This does raise an interesting question, though. Why is it alright for the children of two siblings to marry, but not two people of the same sex? As I mentioned, my great-aunt and her first-cousin husband were specifically precluded from legally bearing children together. Isn't this yet another piece of evidence in direct contradiction with the whole "it's not natural and they can never produce children which is what marriage was intended to do" argument?
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