Forthcoming Of A Dictatorship?
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Post by Pansy Parkinson-Nott Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:43 pm

FORTHCOMING OF A DICTATORSHIP?
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Elijah Krum wrote:
Matrimonium Legem
Article 203
"All couples are required to produce a child within the first three years of matrimony."

AMENDMENT:
All couples are required to produce a child
within the first year of matrimony.
Active as of May 2027


Today wizarding house holds around the country received information of an amendment to Clause 12 of the Matrimonium Legem Article 203. The original clause stated that matched couples would have to produce a child within the first three years of marriage, now? Within the first year.

It is shocking how unopposed the law seems to be. Despite partnering awful couple after awful couple, forcing them to undergo arranged marriages to complete strangers and pressuring them into regular fertility treatment at St Mungo's the law has ran smoothly. As far as The Daily Prophet is aware there have been no cases that have resorted to an Azkaban sentence - the ultimate consequence for not following the law.

Could this be because people are too afraid to test the law? An Azkaban sentence appears a rather strict sentence for not following a marriage law that is only in effect to increase magical birth rates - supposedly. We, as a nation, are falling right into the hands of the person behind the law. To those who read the exclusive interview with Khaat Lupin I am sure you are aware the marriage law really has little to do with marriage.

The marriage law is a complete forgery from an unknown face within the ministry. They are trying to cause fear and discomfort within the wizarding population as they ascend their throne. Their throne to what? You may ask. That is a question that remains unanswered and continues to stay that way whilst we lay down like dogs ready to be trained and fed additional propaganda for good behavior. Freedom is slowly being sapped from our citizenship as we become puppets on strings to those behind the marriage law. They are in control and as long as nobody opposes them their power will snowball until we reach a dictatorship. Unless of course we are already part of a dictatorship in which the dictator remains invisible.

The ministry is refusing to offer an explanation as to why they are enforcing sooner births to the newly marriage couples, which can only mean one of two things: The employees don't know themselves what is happening, or, their reasons would not be welcomed by the wizarding population. Perhaps a mix of the two. However unless we come together, stand up against the marriage law, then we have lost all power of freedom. Will you receive an Azkaban sentence for your anti-marriage law actions? That too remains a mystery as nobody has had the guts, the nobility nor the courage to do so. However ask yourself what is worse: living a life that isn't really yours or, well, there is really is nothing worse is there?

That is what will happen though. We will lose the very essence of ourselves, everything we have worked so hard to build, our policy, society and culture, will fade into the shadows and a dictatorship will rise.

Daily Prophet Reporter
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Post by Francesca "Cesca" Malfoy Thu May 08, 2014 9:52 pm

To The Daily Prophet, or rather, Mrs Parkinson-Nott,

Well done. Your article, "Forthcoming Of A Dictatorship" was far more bold than I had been expecting. All the same, I congratulate you for it. You have managed to voice the fears and ask the questions that every Wizarding citizen is thinking, but few are willing to say. Or rather, most are willing to stand and complain about it, but few are willing to do anything.

I have not always agreed with the words you write, nor have I always agreed with what you stand for. Today, to my surprise, I find myself doing both.

To force strangers together is one thing, a terrible thing, but a manageable one. This new amendment, has crossed the line. What was the Ministry thinking? What about the young girls still in school? They can't be expected to keep up with their work while carrying a child. What will happen of their education? What will happen in a few years when our economy falls because every girl is expected to be carrying a child before their 17th birthday? How is the Ministry preparing for the expected boom in population? These troubling questions still remain unanswered, and it is because of the Daily Prophet that I can bring them to light.

Be careful, Editor,
A Troubled Reader
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