Hypocrony: Arranged marriage edition

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Liberal_in_LA  (1000+ posts)      Thu Mar-03-11 06:58 PM
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13 year old california girl in protective custody to prevent Pakistani arranged marriage
 Edited on Thu Mar-03-11 07:03 PM by Liberal_in_LA
Girl who hid out to avoid Pakistani arranged marriage is in protective custody

A 13-year-old Hesperia girl and three siblings were in protective custody Thursday morning after authorities discovered the girl holed up at a motel to avoid being taken to Pakistan for an arranged marriage.

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials said detectives found Jessie Marie Bender safe and in good condition in an Apple Valley motel, where she was being hidden by another family member.

Bender’s mother had told detectives that her daughter did not want to go on a two-month family trip to Pakistan and ran away. She later told police her daughter may have been abducted by someone she had been corresponding with on Facebook, triggering a massive search for the teenager that included local law enforcement, the FBI, agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S.Marshals Service and detectives from the Los Angeles and Chicago police departments.

“Bender family members misled detectives and withheld critical information and as a result delayed the investigation and recovery of their daughter Jesse Bender," sheriff’s spokeswoman Roxanne Walker said in a news release. “It was revealed that a member of the Bender family concealed Jess in the town of Apple Valley out of fear that she would be taken to Pakistan for an arranged marriage."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/girl-who-...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x549297

And how many times has DU lectured us that passing laws in the US to prohibit sharia is just so much xenophobic silliness.

Apparently they have no problem damning the implementation of sharia in Pakistan.

Neither do I, but at least I'm consistent and not using the anti-sharia laws as a rhetorical cudgel against American Christians.

[AllosaursRus]

So are these assholes gonna pay for all the public services they wasted? How 'bout we send them to GITMO for an arranged trial?

[Karin]

They're not commenting over there.  I'm surprised stupidbeth hasn't piped up with "This is just 1 story, and it's not verified.  Also, consider the source.  lol   nt" 

[seahorse513]

These situations can be stressful for current children whose parents still follow their laws and traditions. On one hand I understand that they want to practice their religion, wear traditional clothing and keep keep some traditions...however, on the flip side, this is America and we have a different way of life. We don't do prearranged marriages, that I know of. (The Amish?), or any jihad, sharia laws...

How  they raise their family is their business, but when they became citizens, their laws and traditions should not over rule the laws of their adoptive country.

I think alot of people don't take into consideration, that they will have to leave some of  their more restrictive laws at the home of their mother country.
 A good example would be my parents demanding national health, when they came here. Well America doesn't have national health, so tough shit.
It must be rough on police,  in certain situations i am sure

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

These situations can be stressful for current children whose parents still follow their laws and traditions. On one hand I understand that they want to practice their religion, wear traditional clothing and keep keep some traditions...however, on the flip side, this is America and we have a different way of life. We don't do prearranged marriages, that I know of. (The Amish?), or any jihad, sharia laws...

We also don't do pedophilia by sexing-up off 13-year olds.

(public schools notwithstanding)

[AllosaursRus]

We also don't do pedophilia by sexing-up off 13-year olds.

(public schools notwithstanding)

or some churches! I've seen the Mormon radical cults do worse!