Some U.S. states that prohibit first-cousin marriages, including states that consider such marriages void if contracted within the state, have nonetheless recognized such marriages when validly celebrated elsewhere by relying largely on the fact that their respective legislatures had not seen fit to criminalize relations between first cousins, despite prohibiting them from marrying within the state. See Matter of Loughmiller Estate, 229 Kan. 584, 590, 629 P.2d 156, 161 (1981) (discussing how the prohibition against first cousin marriages has become less compelling as evidenced by the legislature's omission of sexual intercourse between first cousins in the definition of criminal incest); Mazzolini v. Mazzolini 168 Ohio St. 357, 359-60, 155 N.E.2d 206, 208 (1958) (wherein the court relied on the fact that sexual relations between first cousins was not deemed incestuous under criminal statute); see also, Matter of Hirabayashi, 10 I. N. Dec. 722, 724 (1964) (noting that a strong public policy did not exist against marriages between first cousins since cohabitation between first cousins was no longer considered a crime under Illinois statutes). Based upon the law of Louisiana, first cousins may legally cohabitate, have intimate relations, and even produce children; however, they are merely prohibited from regularizing their union by marriage.