The U.K. government recently retracted an article from the NHS website. This isn’t that rare — information changes, and sometimes, you need to pull a previously-released statement in order to reflect current information.

The problem is, this article suggested it might be okay to marry your cousin. Also, it came out yesterday. Didn’t fully think this one through, did ya lads?

“Should the U.K. Government Ban First-Cousin Marriage?,” an article posted to the website of the U.K.’s health services, noted both sides of the argument when it came to cousin marriage — which isn’t actually illegal in the U.K. (otherwise, how could they have a royal family?).

While it notes that there are issues that come with marrying your cousin, they say that doing so can also have benefits — for example, “stronger extended family support systems.” They also argue that, while having children with your cousin increases the likelihood of defects, other activities that can do the same thing, such as drinking and smoking, are perfectly legal. Finally, it says that the British Society for Genetic Medicine (BSGM) believes “health” isn’t a good enough reason to ban first-cousin marriage.

Some people in the government argued that this made marrying your cousin sound like a pretty good deal, and so, they put pressure on the government to take it down, which they eventually did.

For their part, the government argued that they were simply trying to inform people of the risks associated with the behavior without being too overreaching. They also say they were trying to prevent stigmatization of communities where marrying your cousin is a-okay, as such stigmatization can “[undermine] trust in medical services and [cause] couples to disengage from clinical support.”

Now, however, they’re pulling back — so if you were planning on having a grand ol’ cousin marriage in Essex, you might want to consider calling it off.