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Domestic violence, you could argue, was already covered by existing statutes on assault. So is child abuse. If parents are forcing girls into marriage, that's a problem! And it's not the same problem as kidnapping. As for cultural sensitivity -- what about the young people? shouldn't they have rights in the UK? Asian-Brit culture is changing, that's why this problem has surfaced. So the question is, on whose side is Blair: the old ways or the new ways?
Multiculturalism is fine, but when cultural practices violate human rights, they should change. The Blair govt's decision is a sop to the Asian immigrant population. Having invaded iraq and violated the civil liberties of countless Muslim immigrants in the UK, and even killed that Brazilian man on the subway under the impression he was a Muslim terrorist, they make peace by selling out Asian girls.
