2007-03-12 20:39:10 · 14 answers · asked by b n r 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The issue is biological, not religious. Cousins share a fair number of genes, and if a shared gene is defective, a child born of the union will have the defect. If partners are unrelated, the odds of both parents having the same defective gene is small.
2007-03-12 20:58:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer in many circumstances interior the Catholic Church. "criminal prohibitions on marriage between cousins (and different close blood relationships, alongside with uncle and niece) stem from the Church's ban on such marriages. in the previous 1983, marriages between 2d cousins have been prohibited—certainly, former massive apple mayor Rudy Giuliani won an annulment of his first marriage after determining that his spouse replaced into his 2d cousin. immediately, 2d-cousin marriages are allowed, and, under some circumstances, a dispensation could be won to allow a typical-cousin marriage. The Church nonetheless discourages such marriages, in spite of if."
2016-12-14 17:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by amass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Bible cousins married each other, so is it really against Christianity to do this or is it something that has evolved over time?
2007-03-12 20:45:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the bible forbids cousins marrying then that's the first sensible thing to come out of the bible. Why would you want to marry your cousin anyway? Eurgh! Plus think of the cross eyed, big eared offspring. Why scrape the bottom of the genetic barrel??
2007-03-12 20:43:30 · answer #4 · answered by Velvet_Goth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did u know a child born between 2 blood related relatives has a 99% chance of a mental defect?
2007-03-12 20:43:40 · answer #5 · answered by m b 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian and I see no problem with my cousins getting married. As a matter of fact, many of them are married!
2007-03-12 20:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by JIMBUS_35 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not christianity that doesn't allow it, it's the civilised world.
Too high a risk of passing on genetic defects to children
2007-03-12 20:41:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
becouse thats incest. But Christianity... is not always to blaim. The gov. has more say in that then any religion.
2007-03-12 20:42:31 · answer #8 · answered by Shinigami's child 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's mans law not Gods law. Its for the protection of any offspring. Birth defects.
2007-03-12 20:43:37 · answer #9 · answered by Jayson Kane 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mental deficiencies thats why
2007-03-12 20:51:44 · answer #10 · answered by Shark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋