Arranged Marriages should be outlawed in the US

To begin I would like to provide the following definitions Arranged-An association through outside influence(MW) Forced-To have no choice in the matter(MW) In the past, arranged marriages were primarily a business transaction between families trading their eligible children for financial security or future considerations for the respective families (News). The primary reason for arranged marriage still remains that many families want to secure wealth, property and social status for their children (News). However, marriages must be based on love in the US, given the state of the economy, because it violates many laws and moral standards. Arranged marriages violate many laws in most circumstances. The Thirteenth Amendment to the US constitution states abolished slavery ("U. S"). However arranged marriages constitute a form of slavery as the child is usually forced to marry his/her arranged partner by their parents ("Arranged"). It is in fact de-facto slavery for the child is not legally forced to marry the partner of their parents choosing however they usually feel they need to under the threat of severe punishment and disownment. Also, given the upbringing of many families that have arranged marriages (Asian Countries) most of their children are taught from birth to follow whatever their parents say, no matter how much they dislike it. The poor children see no other way out and they are forced into a loveless marriage. Article 12 of the UDHR states that ". .. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence. .. " ("Arranged"). Arranged marriages directly violate Article 12 because the children"s privacy is being violated die to interference from the parents. Usually arranged marriages are conducted with children over 18 which is considered to be the "legal" age for children becoming adults due to the gain of many rights. Because they are technically separate from their parents at that time they should not be subject to a forced marriage. Article 20 of the UDHR also states that " No one may be compelled to belong to an association" ("Arranged"). A marriage is rightly considered to be an association therefore an arranged marriage is in direct violation of Article 20. This is because an arranged marriage is in most cases forced therefore it is also a forced association. Arranged marriages must be outlawed because they violate many national and international laws. The original purpose of an arranged marriage as aforementioned was a basically a business transaction. However the majority of the arranged marriages in the US now have nothing to do with money due to the culture and economic status of America (News). The tradition is being carried on without the purpose and that is why arranged marriages need to be outlawed. The usually loveless marriages are going on without an actual PURPOSE! The poor people are suffering just because of "tradition. " Forced associations also violate many moral standards in the US. In an arranged marriage, one or both of the people in the relationship may not love the other at all and they never will. At least of half of forced associations result in the aforementioned situation and virtually none of them are in love when they marry (News). Forcing either child/adult into marriage where they will be unhappy for the rest of their lives is completely in violation of the US morals of freedom and just morality in general. Interestingly enough, children of arranged marriages are more antisocial then they would have been normally (Batabyal). Given that arranged marriage is usually a family tradition, most arranged couples would usually want their children to be arranged as well. Because of that they usually instill early one that their child should not date and interactions with the opposite gender are discouraged. The problem with that is very similar to some of the problems with single-gender classrooms. The child is usually not very adept at interacting with the other gender which is required in work and even in school, where group activities are quickly becoming the norm. The poor children can be teased and even severely bullied due to their inability to interact well with the other gender. One child almost committed suicide due to those kinds of taunts (Batabyal). Arranged marriages MUST be outlawed given the state of American society today. The poor couples are suffering because they were forced together because of a tradition that doesn"t even apply anymore. The destitute children are being incessantly bullied and taunted because of something that wasn"t even their fault. These marriages, aside from causing copious amount of suffering, are in violation of national and international laws. I stand in firm affirmation the resolution and I look forward to my opponents rebuttal