Re: Cousin marriages- yay or nay in this day and age.
I am not likening this to child abuse or slavery or female infanticide, however, the mere existence of a dated practice does not condone it.
Please re-read what I stated. That was the original purpose at the time this was initially permitted.
There is also a site for people who would like to marry their cats. The “goray” you refer to as treated as incestuous.
The slight risk comment is way off. Please source that if you are to make a statement like that. The numbers are not slight. The risk of recessive gene adoption is double. 90 children die per year in the UK and Wales alone due to birth defects where the marriage is amongst cousins.
Unfortunately, everyone you site as a glowing example of successful marriages is now dead and if you dig a little deeper, you will note how these examples couldn’t be further from being successful cousin marriages:
Einstein was married to someone else and had an affair with his cousin which led to his divorce. In his memoirs, he notes that his affair was one of necessity, and not love, i.e. to satisfy his physical needs. He lusted after his cousin, broke her and his marriage and when they were forced to stay married, they lived as brother and sister and produced no children.
Charles Darwin suffered from multiple long term illnesses which made his life unbearable. He and his wife (cousin) lost had 10 children, 3 of which died of similar illnesses.
Franklin Roosevelt wife and cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt’s wife is probably the worst of the examples. Eleanor was in a long term relationship with a woman, while the President was having a long term affair with his secretary. They were both forced to remain married for political reasons and it is a known fact that their “marriage” was one of convenience and in name only.
There are volumes and volumes of books written about Poe’s marriage to his 13 year old cousin. Many historians believe that they lived as brother and sister. She died 2 years after the marriage and he even considered applying for an annulment vs a divorce as the marriage was never consummated.
Sorry, but you happened to give examples of exactly why cousin marriages are not acceptable. (Also, I am a history minor, however, you do not need to be one in order to confirm the above very easily.)
I don’t see twerking to be the source of illness and death, unless you are talking about the collective IQ of the people in the room where it took place. I don’t see how your point about prevention is barbaric. We are not talking about prohibiting dying children from accessing medicine, we are talking about attempting to prevent complications with children.
My soon to be husband is not my cousin. My male cousins treat me with the same respect as they do their sisters. I am not going to dignify the rest with a response as you clearly are personalizing my comments.
I stated a fact. I believe it is barbaric as I view it no different than incest. Those are my beliefs.
Once again, you missed the point. I think that clinging onto to a practice that the remainder of the world increasingly deems as unacceptable and then the complete rejection of the notion that the world deems it unacceptable is one of the many, many reasons that Pakistan does not progress. I also believe that using faith to hide behind these practices and the inability to see another’s point of view without feeling threatened is why Pakistan lags behind.