Should Arranged marriages Be Outlawed?

My two sisters have been married through the arranged procedure, they have accepted the choice of our parents, they are happy and they have each 10 years and 5 years of marriage. They seldon have complains and when they were first married they had many difficulties in coping with each other and now they are stable. My brother also is getting married in the same way. However, I have chosen someone for me whom I have been for 3 years now, he is my choice and my parents respect that because they know the man very well. So whether arranged marriage or love marriage I think the most important thing is to be happy with thw person you are.

Although I do not believe in arranged marriages but I think I do respect those who still practice such out of tradition. I do not think it needs to be outlawed since that is part of some culturesand it shold just be respected for as long as the parties involved has no problems with the arrangement made by the parents as well as the children. But, I think that if the child involve in the arranged marriages does not want agree to it they should also be given freedom to choose their partners.

so you believe in arrange marriages....well i think maximum indians don't believe in this as the trend is changing...they are into love marriages rather then arrange marriages. no doubt our parents got better experience then us but still choosing a life partner depends upon you. My marriage was arranged by my parents as i trusted them but many people now a days don't have nice view about arrange marriages..

This is an extremely sensitive issue as it relates profoundly with the core of opposing cultures. The western world values freedom and independence, and such arranged marriages would violate the rights of individual. For more traditional societies, they believe in the culturally acceptable thing in committing two individuals together to maintain strong family ties and what not. I've also been a proponent of the former idea, but here I must concede that arranged marriages should be not be outlawed; rather, laws should restrict arranged marriages if they involve domestic violence, abuse, rape, etc. as they still sometimes do occur with the totally dominant father taking advantage of their wives without regard for human rights.