A 13 year old Lebanese girl, forced to marry 29 year old man, crying in pain: "The girl can't say no. It's against our culture." the man smiles: “It's love at first sight!"
I cannot fathom as a parent in any situation that this would be ok. Religion and culture truly are a cancer when they can justify outright pedo tendencies by saying “this is how we do things here”
Yeah it's all very good until you realise that society always coalesces into some sort of hierarchy, and instead of a King or a priest you get Ceaucescu or Pol Pot.
The most stable of which are constitutional monarchies, and all of which contain have religious majorities. I'm not arguing for arbitrary rule or faith, but these quotes are just stupidly oversimplified. Revolution itself can often make things worse.