I've made it a goal to stay off reddit, but I'm breaking this pledge today too see with r/survivor has to say about this! I'm positive they won't disappoint
Edit: zut alors! It's not being reported there... Or mods scrubbed it
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how the fuck is this a real headline
Because its very misleading and does not properly represent what happened. It was designed to have a response of disbelief.
Hm, I wonder who he is sleeping with...
I mean ... the suspect pool is not particularly large.
First cousins in Kentucky? That's probably only a few hundred thousand people it could be.
Home Sweet Home, Alabama! ♥️
Seriously, it is incest. And Republicans are into that.
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This was a mistake in the bill which he retracted, amended and resubmitted.
The first cousins are safe, legally anyway.
What I don't get is I assume they had a law so why was this needed?
Yea, news article I saw said he posted this about it
I filed HB 269 yesterday. The purpose of the bill is to add “sexual contact” to the incest statute. Currently, incest only applies in cases of intercourse. So sexual touching/groping by uncles, stepdads or anyone with a familial relationship is not included in incest. My bill makes that kind of sexual contact a Class D Felony, unless the victim is under the age of 12, then it increases the penalty to a Class C Felony.
During the drafting process, there was an inadvertent change, which struck “first cousins” from the list of relationships included under the incest statute, and I failed to add it back in. During today’s session, I will withdraw HB 269 and refile a bill with the “first cousin” language intact. The fact that I was able to file a bill, catch the mistake, withdraw the bill and refile within a 24 hour period shows that we have a good system.
This is a bill to combat a problem of familial and cyclical abuse that transcends generations of Kentuckians. I understand that I made a mistake, but I sincerely hope my mistake doesn’t hurt the chances of the corrected version of the bill. It is a good bill, and I hope it will get a second chance.
So wait, he was actually trying to expand the definition of incest to protect more victims?
I didn't see that coming at all! Not from a Republican anyhow. They don't really come off as the party that gives a fuck about the victims.
Huh.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Kentucky Republican has introduced legislation that would amend the state's law so a person who had sex with their first cousin would no longer be criminally liable for incest.
According to the Kentucky General Assembly website, it would strike "first cousin from the list of familial relationships" defined as unlawful incest in the state.
In November 2022, Wilson ran unopposed for the 82nd District of the Kentucky House after Republican incumbent Regina Huff retired.
It would also alter Kentucky law on parole for violent offenders to include a person "who has been convicted of incest by sexual contact" within the definition.
In August 2021, webcomic creator and YouTuber Christine Weston Chandler, also known as Chris Chan, was arrested on a charge of incest in Virginia and later caused a stir by stamping their feet repeatedly in court to disrupt proceedings.
French survivors of incest spoke out online in January 2021 using the hashtag #MeTooInceste after prominent lawyer Camille Kouchner alleged that her stepfather, a high-profile political scientist, sexually abused her as a child.
The original article contains 505 words, the summary contains 174 words. Saved 66%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
It's part of his Game of Thrones omnibus bill.
In his defense New York did allow FDR to marry his first cousin.
Sweet Home Kentucky? 🤣
Kentucky living up to its reputation
Is this guy the representative for Shelbyville?
At first I assumed since this is a Republican that it would be about reducing abortions in case they had an incest exception.
Turns out they don't have such an exception, so he must have a really hot first cousin that is otherwise dtf.
"This is the problem I wanted to solve when I was elected"
It's still incest mate. Even if you make it legal incest.
Dude’s probably fucking his young male cousin.
I love how everyone that speaks logically and factually about this has to first overtly announce and apologize that they aren't supporting this candidate. Like, is everyone here so opposed to actual facts if it looks like there is even one iota of support for the 'other team'? Even when that's clearly not the case. Please, someone else has to see the stupidity.
My experience on lemmy is that the facts are secondary. It's a slight exaggeration, but if you don't support someone, you have to oppose everything they do or you are some big supporter of them. If you point out some criticism of them is not based in fact, it's "why would you defend them?"
It's much easier if the world is black and white and you're in a bubble that agrees with that. And so they'll attack anything that upsets this uniform simplicity.
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