Do you marry your first cousin?

I know that it is common among a particular religion to marry first cousins in South Inida. It is practiced in old ages to prevent the money of the family going out. I don't agree with marrying a relative. It is not god for biological reasons. It is also fun to find somebody out of the family, marry him, and be a part of a differnt faimly which is not familiar to you. Two of my friends parents are cousins. One girl has a kidney problem because her parents are close relatives. The girl went for a kidney transplant. She is unable to have children. Also, she is under medication. She is the only daughter of her parents. Another girl is fine, but her sister has only the mental growth of a three year child even though she is in her late twenties.

I think that this is illegal in Canada. It is like incest. I don't think that intermarriage in families is a good idea. Children born of such marriages can suffer from birth defects etc. We also don't have arranged marriages here. We do have some polygamists here in BC though. This too is illegal in Canada, but they seem to have found some kind of legal loophole to get away with it. Disgusting.

hello...in my country this is restricted by the law,church,religion, and i think this is very important...why to take somebody in marriage like your cousin when you have a lot of people to start a new life,a new adventure.I think the relationship in family not go so far