What are you going to do with these sand-hillbillies?
A government minister has warned that inbreeding among immigrants is causing a surge in birth defects – comments likely to spark a new row over the place of Muslims in British society. Phil Woolas, an environment minister, said the culture of arranged marriages between first cousins was the “elephant in the roomâ€Â. Woolas, a former race relations minister, said: “If you have a child with your cousin the likelihood is there’ll be a genetic problem.â€Â
The minister, whose views were supported by medical experts this weekend, said: “The issue we need to debate is first cousin marriages, whereby a lot of arranged marriages are with first cousins, and that produces lots of genetic problems in terms of disability [in children].â€Â
Given that they’re thinking seriously of denying certain treatment to the obese and smokers, I think they have a case for denying services to those who unhygienically enter into marital relations with their first cousins. Don’t you?
Meanwhile, Melanie Phillips has a couple of articles on the Archmoonbat of Wankerbury. (h/t LGF)
The whole situation is, as the British might put it, quite daft. However, I suppose there is a real difference between denying service to adults because of their own choices and denying services to children because of their parents’ choices.
The real elephant in the room, of course, is arranged marriages.
A government minister has warned that inbreeding among immigrants is causing a surge in birth defects…
So how can they tell?
Oh, come on! You know you were thinking it!
The collision of the politically correct power state and the primitive culture… pretty, ain’t it?
We can only hope this is a “teachable moment.” Probably not, but we can hope someone will learn something from it.
Hmmm. The BBC talked about this in ’05. If their numbers are right,…
Interestingly enough, there are whole organizations out there dedicated to cousin marriage.
Funny, I never considered family reunions to be a place to look for a girlfriend. “If your family tree does not fork, you might be a redneck.” –Mr. Foxworthy.
From what I understand first cousin marriages don’t seem to result in genetic anomalies, but that could be advocate work rather than reliable science. I know I have hot cousins I wouldn’t have minded hooking up with.
Curious, considering Victoria and Albert (first cousins) married quite a few of their kids to cousins, and the royals have been just…
Oh.
I’m not seeing the problem here really.
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The United Exclusionary Obamain African Church in America encouraged Obama’s parents? Oh, it’s Chelsea.
The problem is breeding. Humans are insame and that’s why no one should breed. Humans need sterilzation, then we can pass on clones and make our own parts.