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I understand everyone's outrage in this thread .. but you must realize - YOU ARE NOT IN THE CULTURE, AND THEREFORE PROBABLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEIR REASONS FOR DOING THIS.
I mean, sure, we've read all about it .. but who knows WHY her family is doing it. Judging these people "HORRIBLE" as based on their religious beliefs .. its just plain discrimination. I know these things aren't typical in North America, and are frowned upon. However, we do a lot of things in our own culture that would be frowned upon in other cultures/religions too. Before everyone flys off the wall (well, everyone already did, I'm a bit late) .. we must remember about the whole idea of religious tolerance.
I'm in no way condoning the practice at all - but we aren't in the situation, we know very little details about the true reasons for doing it, the culture, and the people. It may NOT be for the soul reason to "make sex bad so that a woman will stay faithful".
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