GOP lawmaker says first-cousins should be allowed to marry because gays are Far-right Republican Rep. Gino Bulso held up a bill in the Tennessee legislature on Thursday that would have outlawed first cousin marriage with a surprising argument: if gay first cousins can get married, why not straight ones? House Bill 2041 was sponsored by Rep. Darren Jernigan (D), who explained first-cousin marriage remains legal in Tennessee... Bulso introduced an amendment to the bill that would have made an exception for cousin-couples... Bulso cited the fact that his own grandparents were first cousins... That may not have helped his case.
According to Gino Bulso (R). I'm unsure whether Bulso's grandparents being first cousins impacted the vote.
