Posted on 01/12/2020 5:51:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
Michael Lee and Angela Peang can hardly wait for the birth of their first child — even if it results in them spending time behind bars.
The husband and wife from Eagle Mountain, Utah, are first cousins: Peang’s father is the older brother of Lee’s mother.
Since the baby’s existence proves they had sex, they could face up to $10,000 in fines and five years in prison, because intercourse between cousins is illegal in their home state, due to the long-held fear of birth defects. (According to a 2018 Columbia University study, the chances of cousins having a genetic disorder is 4 to 7%, compared to 3 to 4% for non-related couples.)
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Normalization of incest, bestiality, and pedophilia continues to march forward in tiny steps. Plenty of people see articles like this and don't recognize the slippery slope.
They need to get to an Obama judge. Heck, an Obama judge probably wouldn’t convict for brother/sister pairings.
If only they were Pakistani
I think that if they were legally married in a state where the relationship was legal they ought to be OK anywhere because of the requirement that all states give full faith and credit to the laws of other states.
Gross, WTF is wrong with people and their families allowing this?
There’s a video of them french kissing enthusiastically. Gross.
She should run for Congress.
Most Pakistani immigrants to the UK marry their first cousins. Not only is it legal, it is the norm.
Whatever, Utah is pro bigamy this can’t be a problem
Islam features 2 of the 3 and we’re not sure about the third.
Doesn’t that make him an uncle?
Mormons? Betcha
I had a first cousin who would have been very hard to resist. We were the same age but our parents would never have allowed it.
My in-laws are first cousins.
Not that uncommon among Muslims-Saadam Hussein married his first cousin.
An infidel, Rudy Giuliani married his second cousin. -Tom
the chances of cousins having a genetic disorder is 4 to 7%, compared to 3 to 4% for non-related couples.
I actually thought the rate was much worse.
Wasn’t this common in the 1800s?
Honestly, incest is a silly word to use here. They’re cousins and not brother and sister so let’s all put the crack pipe down :)
Who gives a #### what two adults do if they’re in love and they’re not brother and sister?
And where is bestiality being normalized?
People get carried away her sometimes :)
If they are happy, is it affecting you? They’re not brother and sister.
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