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The Underbelly of Cultural Diversity:
"After the age of 17, a girl is considered too old for marriage - 'esta quedada'' - say the traditions in Ahuacotzingo, Guerrero."

Last July, the Mexican Consulate wrote a letter to Hillsborough Circuit Judge
Martha Cook trying to explain the couple's background.A bride is chosen between
the ages of 13 and 15, after a girl starts puberty and learns household
responsibilities, the letter stated. The letter - and a similar one in Spanish
from the Institute of Culture of Guerrero - said parents believe their daughters
are better off when married younger with older men.

Last year, Palm Beach County investigators dropped a first-degree murder charge
against a Mayan teenager from Guatemala who was accused of killing her baby
after a bloody bathroom birth. The girl later revealed she had been sold by her
father to a man when she was 11 and was later raped. She survived a harrowing
trip from Guatemala to Lake Worth and arrived pregnant.
The girl, now 17,
lives with foster parents, will be a senior this fall at Boynton Beach High
School and has learned Spanish and English.
Her case reveals yet another
quagmire for state investigators: They must also be on the lookout for the
growing number of victims of human trafficking.

This is where moral relativism breaks down. Should we accept parents selling or giving their eleven year old daughters to older men just because the practice has gone on in their country for hundreds or thousands of years?
I say no. If you want to live in the United States, you must agree to abide by the laws and social mores of American society where they conflict with the laws and social mores of your homeland.