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The bill would remove first cousins from the list of family members with whom it's illegal to have sexual relations in the state.

Edit: there is an update to this story and Rep. Nick Wilson has withdrawn the bill saying it was filed in error. See the new thread.

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[–] themeatbridge 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Where everyone is aware" is part of the problem. Most poly groups don't want people to know, because of the stigma associated with it. That's a double edged sword, again because how do you say a woman consented to be a sister wife when she's been conditioned from birth to be a servant inside an insular community?

There are also a number of contractual and legal issues related to being married that are built around a 1 to 1 relationship. If six people want to live in a house together and all sleep together and raise kids together, consenting adults have that option. Who gets custody in a breakup? Who gets the house when someone dies? That's got to be spelled out because it's not a standard marriage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It isn't like being remarried multiple times with step parents who may or may not have adopted their step kids is a smooth process. Or even just a basic divorce can be really complex in a way that having more people wouldn't really be that much of a difference.

But we even treat non-marriage relationships with multiple people worse than someone cheating on their spouse. It is just silly.

I'm not interested, one person is complicated enough for me.