In India, the country in question, arranged marriages are traditionally negotiated as an alliance between families. Over time they have become less rigid, and can be modified, arranged, or cancled at the request of the pair.

Arranged marriages are not the problem in India. The problem is the reaction to (or burning of) women who do not produce male heirs and the dowry system.

Again, apologies to Wantsex.

[QUOTE=Mr. Saint;217735][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Do you feel that arranged marriages are a Human Rights violation? If so, what should be done about it?[/SIZE][/FONT]

IMHO I do believe is a serious violation of human rights. But, most than anything is part of the culture that one lives in. So, for me is it a human right violation?, yes, Is it a bad thing? depends on where you live i guess.

I may get in trouble for this but I hate to see people tring to follow and live to their own customs and not adapt to the new society when they change places (like when you live in Afganistan and go to live to the U.S.), don't get me wrong, I do think people should remember and keep his culture (and religion), but should be aware that you don't live under the Sharia (or the Halakha for that matters) any more.

What can be done? I think moderation is the key.

Too often people have "arranged marriages" to increase immigration to the US. The offspring of such in the US is a US citizen which impedes deportation of the maternal parent to the former country.

[QUOTE=Mr. Saint;218024][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Human rights are defined by the United Nations Universal Human Rights Declaration. It is considered a form of international law, not just part of the United States. Article 16 of the declaration defines the rights entitled with marriage. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]Article 16.[/FONT]

[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman](1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman](2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The problem with arranged marriages is the part about full and free consent. In most cases the woman doses not give free and full consent. It varies from the women being disowned all the way to the women being stoned if she dose not go thru with the marriage. She gets no choice in whom or even if she is going too marry. Difference in culture is no excuse for violating a persons civil rights. [/FONT][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

I see women seeking men for marriage to leave their country of origin. Male friend of mine married a woman from such country, she loved him for a few years, he was greatly in love with her, she left for another man. In essence she lied to him.

If such laws stated above were so; why do they not apply to Gay Marriage in the US?