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Louisiana Leading - Florida bill to ban marrying first cousins fails to pass
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:44 pm
For once, a list that Louisiana is not on.
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-bill-to-ban-marrying-first-cousins-fails-to-pass/
States Where First-Cousin Marriage is Legal:
Alabama
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Rhode Island
South Carolina
*****
Vermont
Virginia
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— The Florida bill to ban marrying a first cousin failed to pass in the Florida Senate.
Legislatures failed to pass HB-733, which stated that after July 1, 2026, incestuous marriage would not be recognized for any purpose in the state of Florida.
The bill stated that a man may not marry any woman to whom he is related by lineal consanguinity, or his sister, aunt, or niece.
A woman can not marry a man with whom she is related to by lineal consanguinity, her brother, uncle, or nephew.
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-bill-to-ban-marrying-first-cousins-fails-to-pass/
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Florida is one of about 16 states where marrying your first cousin is legal, but most of the United States has banned such marriages.
States Where First-Cousin Marriage is Legal:
Alabama
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Rhode Island
South Carolina
*****
Vermont
Virginia
This post was edited on 3/17/26 at 1:59 pm
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:48 pm to Shexter
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:49 pm to Shexter
quote:
Florida is one of about 16 states where marrying your first cousin is legal
In Alabama the law requires you marry your first cousin.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:53 pm to PsychTiger
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In Alabama the law requires you marry your first cousin.
It's why their family trees look like telephone poles.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:54 pm to Shexter
Remove Tennessee from your list. 2024 changed. Cannot marry 1st cousin anymore. Now, 2nd?
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:55 pm to Shexter
What’s the argument to NOT ban first cousin marriage?
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:56 pm to Shexter
Like they say in Alabama and apparently 15 other states, "The closer the kin, the better it goes in."
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:00 pm to Shexter
As a practical matter, almost no Americans are doing this so it really hasn’t been an issue even in the states that don’t make it illegal. But because of all the foreign invaders that may be changing.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:02 pm to chalmetteowl
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What’s the argument to NOT ban first cousin marriage?
She lives right down the trailer park?
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:03 pm to chalmetteowl
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What’s the argument to NOT ban first cousin marriage?
Freedom?
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:03 pm to Shexter
quote:
Florida bill to ban marrying first cousins fails to pass
Florida must not want to piss off the Bama fans living in the panhandle.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:05 pm to Shexter
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The bill stated that a man may not marry any woman to whom he is related by lineal consanguinity, or his sister, aunt, or niece. A woman can not marry a man with whom she is related to by lineal consanguinity, her brother, uncle, or nephew.
So... if you can still gay marry your first cousin.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:09 pm to Shexter
Why go across town when you go across the hall?
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:14 pm to Shexter
Does this mean all degrees of first cousins? Can you marry your first cousin, once removed, in Louisiana?
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:23 pm to Shexter
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States Where First-Cousin Marriage is Legal: Alabama
There’s a shock
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:33 pm to Shexter
I am very surprised Arkansas does not allow incest marriages.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:38 pm to chalmetteowl
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What’s the argument to NOT ban first cousin marriage?
Political correctness. It’s a big issue amongst immigrants from the Middle East. Particularly those from Pakistan.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:41 pm to BestBanker
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Cannot marry 1st cousin anymore. Now, 2nd?
If I were single, I don't think I could even date anyone that was 3rd cousin of mine. That means her great grandparent and my great grandparent were siblings. I guess if you didn't know or never met your great grandparents it wouldn't feel weird but I knew mine.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:57 pm to BestBanker
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Cannot marry 1st cousin anymore. Now, 2nd?
I've never understood the 2nd and 3rd cousin thing. Can someone break down the exact definition?
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