[lit-ideas] Re: UN question
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:28:25 -0400
Here's an example of the kind of cultural stress that may
diminish when the oil drops away.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/3153634.stm
Child bride: Sex abuse or cultural diversity?
A member of the European Parliament is demanding action over the
marriage of a young Roma princess to a 15-year-old bridegroom.
Ana-Maria Cioaba, whose age has been reported as either 12 or 14,
was reluctantly married on Saturday to a 15-year-old Roma
bridegroom.
Family members say she had been promised in marriage when she was
aged just seven, for a price of 500 gold coins, and had no say in
the wedding.
British MEP Emma Nicholson is demanding that the Romanian
Government take both children into care.
Is this marriage a form of child sexual abuse or an expression of
cultural diversity? Should different cultures be able to exercise
their different traditions on marriage? Tell us what you think.
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