TN Republican defends first-cousin marriages, Tennessee moves to ban them anyway

Yes, it’s currently legal for two first cousins to marry in Tennessee. But soon, that will likely change. Thursday, the General Assembly passed a bill banning marriage between ‘lineal descendants of a grandparent.’ Currently, the law only outlaws marriage between just the ‘children of a grandparent.’

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