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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sat Nov 8, 2014, 08:22 PM Nov 2014

Canada bill would ban polygamy, other ‘barbaric cultural practices’ [View all]

Ron Csillag

TORONTO (RNS) Canadian lawmakers are weighing legislation that would ban arranged marriages of minors and make polygamy grounds for deportation.

The “Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act,” introduced Wednesday (Nov. 5) by Chris Alexander, minister of citizenship and immigration, would set 16 as the minimum national age for marriage in Canada.

If passed into law, the measure will make it a criminal offense to participate in or officiate at the marriage of an underage child. Removing a child from Canada for the purposes of arranged marriage would also be a crime.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/11/07/canada-polygamy-arranged-marriage/

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Canada bill would ban polygamy, other ‘barbaric cultural practices’ [View all] hrmjustin Nov 2014 OP

Worried about polygamists from the Middle east and Africa okasha Nov 2014 #1

I didn't see anything in there about Polyandry either. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #2