marrying your cousin?

To pick up a point someone said earlier - we all seem to be in some form of agreement that marrying first cousins appears to be morally/genetically objectionable, therefore why isnt it illegally?

Im just wondering considering the arguments that it potentially adds costs to the NHS and that the people/communities in question dont appear to be desirable in modern society (conclusion reached if the first paragraph is correct) then making it illegal seems to offer an opportunity for higher emigration/reduced immigration of such people?

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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ps3ud0 said:
To pick up a point someone said earlier - we all seem to be in some form of agreement that marrying first cousins appears to be morally/genetically objectionable, therefore why isnt it legally?

Im just wondering considering the arguments that it potentially adds costs to the NHS and that the people/communities in question dont appear to be desirable in modern society (conclusion reached if the first paragraph is correct) then making it illegal seems to offer an opportunity for higher emigration/reduced immigration of such people?

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Because logic has no place in laws and politics you imbecile! :p
 
ps3ud0 said:
To pick up a point someone said earlier - we all seem to be in some form of agreement that marrying first cousins appears to be morally/genetically objectionable, therefore why isnt it legally?

Im just wondering considering the arguments that it potentially adds costs to the NHS and that the people/communities in question dont appear to be desirable in modern society (conclusion reached if the first paragraph is correct) then making it illegal seems to offer an opportunity for higher emigration/reduced immigration of such people?

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Well, whilst my personal morals would find it untenable, I can understand that other cultures wouldn't. It is the potential effects on offspring that I think become morally unacceptable - the high probability of inflicting such a terrible life on the children.

Changing law though will just mean people marry traditionally but do not register with the civil authorities, so "enforcement" is not going to be a solution. Hardly see how immigration issues would make a difference, in fact the way things are it is easier to bring over relatives than a new unrelated person - so in some manners we encourage it as it is!

There isn't an easy answer until their own cultural/social leaders start making changes that emanate from within, rather than legislating from the outside, which I doubt would have much efficacy (look at the existing trends, legislating social morals really doesn't work).
 
Like it has already been stated in the Sikh community first cousin is a big no no, it just doesn't happen. Hell even second cousin I've never heard of, third or forth is

Maccy said:
Definitely have a hot first cousin, unfortunately she got married last year.
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unfortunately? should have made a move quicker mate! ;)

TS7 said:
Arranged marriage does not = forced marriage.

Arranged marriages work like this: Your parents / family look for a suitable match and then introduce you to each other. The couple take it from there, chat, go out, see how they like each other. If they don't see it working out they leave it there and the family continues there search.

What you've described is a forced marriage.
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I don't know about Pakistani's but in the Sikh community that is how it works now, back in the day you didn't get a choice!
 
My mum is a nurse at the luton and dunstable hospital. Luton has a massive asian population and the vast majority of her long term patients are of pakistani origin and suffer from long term disabilities and illness'.

I'm not saying she doesn't form a bond with them over years because she doesn't agree with their choice.. but it's pretty obvious in this day and age a lot of this could be avoided by steering clear of these archaic traditions.

And yes, it is a massive drain on the NHS.
 
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