marryourdaughter.com

[Jay Temple]

Some of those things sound like they were lifted from a home equity loan ad.

[BluesScale]

Ok, I have made sure that someone who can do something is checking this out to see if it is against any particular law. I can't say more than that -other than that I very much hope bad things happen to the people behind this if it is real.

Blues

[glisp42]

What creeps me out most, assuming this site is real, are the brides who are being listed for becoming too independant, being goth, becoming unChristian, needing "strong guidance" which is probably a euphumism for beat her until she larns and a bunch of others that basically say, "We're afraid our daughter doesn't know her place so we're marrying her off so a man will control her."

Ugh. I need a shower after reading that site.

[Cervus]

The testimonials page that Jelly Bean Queen posted just screams "SATIRE!!"

I haven't been able to access the actual site.

[FloridaGirl]

I really think this is a fake site. I was able to access it, and the whole thing just seems like a joke. Like the GPS underwear.

[Izzy Quigley]

I googled the Customer Service guy and found this article, claiming that the site is actually a phishing scam.

[robbiev]

Originally Posted by glisp42

...the brides who are being listed for becoming too independant,... "We're afraid our daughter doesn't know her place so we're marrying her off so a man will control her."

Unfortunately, I know some pCms who really think that way (not saying they would "sell" their daughters, but the definitely have the type of mindset you're talking about).

[BluesScale]

Satire or real, it is being checked out by regulatory authorities.

Blues

[Errata]

This definitely isn't what it claims. But it may not be just a harmless satire either. A phishing scam does seem like the most probable thing.

[snopes]

Originally Posted by Izzy Quigley

I googled the Customer Service guy and found this article, claiming that the site is actually a phishing scam.

The writer doesn't seem to understand that "phishing" and "collecting e-mail addresses for spammers" are two completely different things.

I really doubt the site was created simply for the purpose of harvesting e-mail addresses for sale to spammers. There are much better, easier, and faster methods for collecting addresses.

- snopes

[MapleLeaf]

Originally Posted by Tarquin Farquart

marryyourdaughter.com would be worse

Why? It would clearly be a site where one could get ordained to officiate at one's daughter's wedding!

This is a practice that has been going on for centuries. It continues to happen and it's not necessarily a bad thing. I've known a few people who were in arranged marriages - and yes, there is always an exchange of money or goods - and they were quite happy with the whole situation. What they decidedly WERE NOT happy with was the reaction they got from North American people when they leaned of the custom. In many countries and cultures dowries and the like are still traded even without the marriage being arranged.

This website though, were it "real", wouldn't be a just representation of arranged marriage. This is much more of a slave auction, judging by the "bios" and "testimonials".

Lastly, to all of the people complaining about "buying a person": have you looked at private adoption recently? You should, and it's completely legal.

[Salamander]

I was halfway through replying to a post made by Dactyl in a new thread which disappeared before I'd had a chance to actually hit the 'submit' button.

This is the only thread I've found in relation to the www.marryourdaughter.com website so I'll post what I was going to say there in here instead.

Basically, the site is not a hoax but it isn't the real thing either. Looking up the WHOIS info gave me the name John Ordover as the contact. A quick Googling of his name lead me to a Wikipedia article. There is also an interview with him in this blog.

[snopes]

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