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		woodpanel 39 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility f... > The US is actually an outlier in how taboo it considers first-cousin sexual relations Not true at all. Just because it is legal doesn’t mean it is considered socially acceptable [1]. > but not considered incestuous in most of Europe Not according to the catholic church [2]. [1] https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Global_prevalence_... [2] https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/docume... (see CIC 1091)

Sharlin 39 days ago [–]

The fact that it's uncommon or "weird" doesn't yet mean it's taboo.

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