Still on the books today, after the 2013 same-sex marriage legislation.
On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:03:04 +0000 (UTC)
Len <campquest...@comcast.net> wrote:
>This. Evidently the law is still on the books as of 2009.
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>http://www.lawserver.com/law/state/rhode-island/ri-laws/rhode_island_general_laws_15-1-4
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>Len Zanger
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>From: "Douglas Laycock" <dlayc...@virginia.edu>
>To: "Law & Religion issues for Law Academics" <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 5:39:11 PM
>Subject: RE: 1764 Rhode Island incest law exemption for uncle-niece marriages
>among Jews
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>I once cited it as An Act Regulating Marriage and Divorce § 7 (1798),
>reprinted in 2 The First Laws of the State of Rhode Island 481, 483 (1798)
>(John D. Cushing ed., 1983).
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>I don’t know if the law was really 1798, or if an over eager editor took that
>from the date of the compilation and also put it in as the date of the law.
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>Douglas Laycock
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>From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu
>[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene
>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 5:18 PM
>To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics (religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu)
>Subject: 1764 Rhode Island incest law exemption for uncle-niece marriages
>among Jews
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>I’ve seen articles talking about a 1764 Rhode Island incest law exemption for
>uncle-niece marriages among Jews, but now that I’m trying to find the actual
>statute, I’m having a hard time. Does anyone happen to have a good citation
>for it? Thanks,
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>Eugene
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