Falling in love with your cousin

[0netnet0]

Today I read a corner of www.walla.com (Hebrew site) called "Ctrl+Z". This corner is written by the readers about a moment you want to "undo" (hence the name) from their life.
zone.walla.co.il/?w=/2761/1814437 This is the article but it's in Hebrew and Google translates it really badly.

This time it was about an anonymous person who tells about falling in love with his cousin.
On this article there were some commenters saying that religiously speaking, this is completely OK - marriage is banned only within the first degree - and therefore they don't see why he was having a moral conflict in the first place.
Other commenters said this type of relationship is unhealthy not only for the children (physically and mentally) but also for the ones in said relationship and their family.
I'm really on the fence on this one. What do you guys think?

[Ricky]

This post reminds me of arrested development. I miss that show...

Also I think 0netnet0 is asher. Just sayin

[bombmaniac]

ricky. i hope you die a very slow and painful death at the hands of an axe murderer.

[bombmaniac]

!!!שלום וברכה

[Ricky]

Oh, cmon. You can't really blame me for making the connection. Anyways, I guess its ok if I die in the hands of a murderer of axes xD

[Lex]

Apr 12, 2011 9:09:25 GMT -5 Ricky said:

This post reminds me of arrested development.

FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF TOO.

And eh, whatever. I think people should do what they want, if it's not hurting anyone.

[Flappy]

I think people should be allowed to date/marry whoever they want.
There are definitely health risks in the sexual dept. of incestual relationships, and I think those should be taken into consideration.

[FranticProdigy]

my cousins are sexy, it runs in the family.

[Xanast]

I live in a small town in New York. Cousin relationships are common, and many of them made babies. Three quarters of the people in my class at school have serious health problems, and many are mentally challenged. I believe cousin relationships are disgusting.

[Deleted]

I can understand that something like that can happen. I go even further, if a brother gets taken away from his sister at birth (or vice-versa), it can also happen for them to eventually meet later in life and fall in love with each other (this was incredibly more common than what you'd imagine 200, even 100 years ago, there is even a famous Portuguese novel based on that, called "Os Maias", from Eça de Queirós, written around the end of the 19th century).

I think that the type of love is the same. Both cousins/brothers and sisters are in love with each other. Both want to live together. I can't imagine myself getting in love with any close relatives but I wouldn't have any problem with someone in love with someone from their family. They're normal people and they're in love. That's enough, and I see no problem with that.

On the subject of having kids tough, they should always adopt and never have them themselves. This is because the child can actually suffer if it is born with a defect. But if they bring a child who was living miserably to a loving home, that is a great and noble gesture.

Just my 2¢.

[nicolii]

I agree with Blue.

[Quinn]

Apr 12, 2011 9:09:25 GMT -5 Ricky said:

This post reminds me of arrested development. I miss that show...

[vichilux]

^that. Also, what FranticProdigy said. I wouldn't have a problem with ppl dating their counsins, but I would never date/marry/whatever them -THEY'RE MY COUSINS!- even if I was like... "in love" with them... i dunno... just... no.

[Flags_Forever]

I have 8 cousins. That is all.