{"id":5778,"date":"2014-06-19T07:20:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T06:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=5778"},"modified":"2014-06-19T22:25:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T21:25:47","slug":"britain-outlaws-forced-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2014\/06\/19\/britain-outlaws-forced-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain Outlaws Forced Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/uk-forced-marriage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5779\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/uk-forced-marriage.jpg\" alt=\"Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a meeting with the forced marriage unit in the Foreign Office in central London\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/uk-forced-marriage.jpg 680w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/uk-forced-marriage-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The new law makes forced marriage a self-standing criminal offense in England and Wales and is punishable by up to seven years in prison.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Britain Outlaws Forced Marriage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a title=\"Britain Outlaws Forced Marriage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4367\/britain-forced-marriage\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | June 19, 2014<\/p>\n<p>A new law has come into effect in England and Wales that makes it a crime to force people into an unwanted marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates of the law say it represents a benchmark shift in thinking because\u2014after decades of kowtowing to multicultural sensitivities\u2014British policymakers now view forced marriage as a gross violation of human rights rather than a socially acceptable cultural difference. They also say the law will create a deterrent effect because many perpetrators will fear criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Skeptics counter that the new law is retrograde and will drive victims underground due to fears that family members will be criminalized and sent to prison.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Britain Outlaws Forced Marriage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4367\/britain-forced-marriage\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new law makes forced marriage a self-standing criminal offense in England and Wales and is punishable by up to seven years in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,48],"tags":[180,181],"class_list":["post-5778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-islam-in-europe","tag-britain","tag-islam-in-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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