[PASSED] Forced Marriages Ban Act

[Christian Democrats]

And why is banning forced marriage bad?

[Metanih]

I will be resigning from the WA in protest of the Forced Compliance policy. My nation was forced to comply with the "Forced Marriages Ban Act". As such, it has become apparent that I no longer rule the nation, instead it is ruled by a conglomerate of foreign diplomats. Under Primo Victorian law, only a follower of Odin may lead the nation and take the mantle of Jarl, and few of the diplomats fit the bill.

AND...

Nobody really cares, i think.

[Mesoland]

And why is banning forced marriage bad?

His nation is obviously Pro-Forced Marriage.

[Sedgistan]

I will be resigning from the WA in protest of the Forced Compliance policy. My nation was forced to comply with the "Forced Marriages Ban Act". As such, it has become apparent that I no longer rule the nation, instead it is ruled by a conglomerate of foreign diplomats. Under Primo Victorian law, only a follower of Odin may lead the nation and take the mantle of Jarl, and few of the diplomats fit the bill.

Moved from Gameplay, and merged into the thread on the resolution. Please post in the correct topic in future.

[United Casio]

I will be resigning from the WA in protest of the Forced Compliance policy. My nation was forced to comply with the "Forced Marriages Ban Act". As such, it has become apparent that I no longer rule the nation, instead it is ruled by a conglomerate of foreign diplomats. Under Primo Victorian law, only a follower of Odin may lead the nation and take the mantle of Jarl, and few of the diplomats fit the bill.

Well, done, I hate the World Assembly, and I am glad you seceded from that tyrannical NWO.

[Goobergunchia]

I will be resigning from the WA in protest of the Forced Compliance policy. My nation was forced to comply with the "Forced Marriages Ban Act". As such, it has become apparent that I no longer rule the nation, instead it is ruled by a conglomerate of foreign diplomats. Under Primo Victorian law, only a follower of Odin may lead the nation and take the mantle of Jarl, and few of the diplomats fit the bill.

The Liberal Unitary Republic would be interested in acquiring the office space of the Primo Victorian ambassador.

[Dizyntk]

And why is banning forced marriage bad?

His is obviously a patriarchal society that gets it's jollies in bullying women around. I suppose I could be wrong on this, but I doubt it.

[Wiztopia]

And why is banning forced marriage bad?

I gave my reasons why in this particular case it is bad.

[Punk Reloaded]

I had voted against, but the region was very much in favor and so I switched my vote.

Not required by our constitution but I like to listen to the masses.

I see no problem with arranged marriages.

[Christian Democrats]

I see no problem with arranged marriages.

. . . which remain legal.

[Free Pangea]

I see no problem with arranged marriages.

. . . which remain legal.

As long as those getting married are willing of course .

[Bears Armed]

I will be resigning from the WA in protest of the Forced Compliance policy. My nation was forced to comply with the "Forced Marriages Ban Act". As such, it has become apparent that I no longer rule the nation, instead it is ruled by a conglomerate of foreign diplomats. Under Primo Victorian law, only a follower of Odin may lead the nation and take the mantle of Jarl, and few of the diplomats fit the bill.

The Liberal Unitary Republic would be interested in acquiring the office space of the Primo Victorian ambassador.

If they have an office, of course...
But..
We claim any fridges and mini-bars that are currently present there, with their contents.

^_^

[Linux and the X]

I will be resigning from the WA in protest of the Forced Compliance policy. My nation was forced to comply with the "Forced Marriages Ban Act". As such, it has become apparent that I no longer rule the nation, instead it is ruled by a conglomerate of foreign diplomats. Under Primo Victorian law, only a follower of Odin may lead the nation and take the mantle of Jarl, and few of the diplomats fit the bill.

You mean the policy you agreed to upon joining?

Anyway, we claim any computing equipment, along with any real pens and ink.

[Dizyntk]

Shakes head in mild disbelief. "Are all the delegations here that underfunded?"

[Southern Patriots]

Shakes head in mild disbelief. "Are all the delegations here that underfunded?"

"I just haven't found a supply closet to raid. And Rufus never came back with the last pen I lent him."

[Tweegee]

Well done everybody! Nobody is forced to marry anymore!

[Kurdazistan]

Now we need more freedoms if people arent agreeing with this maybe they want a dictatorship or something rather...

I just dont understand if people dont want these freedoms what do they want in real life?

Anyway i think you already now that i wanted it banned and at least thats what we ended up getting in the end

OMG A BUNNY!

[Quelesh]

Congrats, CD, for writing and passing a resolution that has nothing to do with abortion.

Responding to old posts, for the lulz:

While I would agree forced marriages are an assault on personal liberties, the bill's definition of a "forced marriage" can include arranged marriages initiated by cultural tradition in which one of the members is unwilling. Such a case is something which those involved would have to manage, not the Assembly.

If one of the parties to a marriage is unwilling to get married, and they are compelled to get married anyway, then that certainly is a forced marriage, and it should definitely be criminal.

We see nothing unreasonable in our nation's laws that require the parents of a child born out of wedlock to be married. Children have a right to have their parentage legitimized, and as they cannot uphold this right for themselves, the State must uphold it for them.

I assume that your nation also allows (in fact, mandates) polygamy then, if the biological parents of children must be married. If a married man fathers a child with a woman who is not his wife, your nation forces him to have two wives? It also forces a woman to have two, three, or possibly more husbands if she has had children with more than one man?

I support the legalization of polygamy, but I certainly oppose forced polygamy, or any kind of forced marriage, as your nation (no longer, thankfully) practices.

While we acknowledge that the practice of Forced Marriages might seem barbaric to a number of nations within these halls, they do form an inherent part of native traditions in other nations around this world. As such, it must be up to these nations and its people to decide on the fate of their traditions and whether they want to adjust and/or abolish it.

Some cultures also have a tradition of female genital mutilation, but that has rightly been prohibited.

One cannot use global directives to abolish traditions, some of which have been practiced for thousands of years among different peoples. Any attempt to do so can only be considered as a highly undesirable neo-colonialist policy towards the indigenous peoples of many nations around the globe.

If said traditions violate the rights of individuals, we most certainly can abolish them.

Forced into a contract? Isn't that what being a member of the Assembly does to nations who are in dissent over a resolution?

No, because member states are free to resign from the World Assembly at any time.

It is because this is a civil rights issue that we oppose this measure. In the Eternal Kawaii, legitimate parentage is a civil right. If a couple brings a child into this world and does not legitimize that birth through marriage, they have denied that child its rights, and thus the State must step in to uphold them. This resolution undercuts our nation's ability to guarantee the rights of all of its citizens.

Why is marriage necessary in order for parentage to be legitimate?

One would also assume that in such a culture sex outside of marriage would be highly frowned upon if it was legal at all.

GAR16 requires that consensual sex outside marriage be legal.