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“Mr. Speaker, I move to table the amendment that would allow 1st cousins to marry.”
So Tennessee is "fixing marriage" (let's not go there). One of the representatives introduced an amendment protecting cousin marriage, because... (totally a drumroll)
His grandparents were first cousins and moved to TN to get married because it was illegal in OH.
The, "I'm inbred and look at me" argument has entered the chat.
He's the representative from Brentwood, which is the suburb where Nashville keeps the celebrities, so no, not from the hill folks.