Should interracial marriages/relationships be banned by law?

[Kazimiera]

South Africa was known internationally for its Apartheid laws, under which the Immorality Act was one.

How do you feel about it?

The 1927 act

The Immorality Act, 1927 (Act No. 5 of 1927) prohibited sexual intercourse outside of marriage between "Europeans" (white people) and "natives" (black people). The penalty was up to five years imprisonment for the man and four years imprisonment for the woman. The act also prohibited "procuring" women for interracial intercourse.

The Immorality Amendment Act, 1950 (Act No. 21 of 1950) amended the 1927 act to forbid unmarried sexual intercourse between "Europeans" and anyone not "European". The prohibition was therefore extended to intercourse between white people and coloured or Asian people. Interracial marriages had been banned in 1949 by the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act.[1]


The 1957 act

The Immorality Act, 1957 (Act No. 23 of 1957; subsequently renamed the Sexual Offences Act, 1957) repealed the 1927 and 1950 acts and replaced them with a clause prohibiting sexual intercourse or "immoral or indecent acts" between white people and anyone not white. It increased the penalty to up to seven years imprisonment for both partners. The 1957 act also prohibited brothel-keeping, procuring, and living off the proceeds of prostitution; and it prohibited sexual intercourse with people under the age of sixteen.

The Immorality Amendment Act, 1969 (Act No. 57 of 1969) amended the 1957 act to introduce or expand a number of offences. It prohibited the manufacturing or sale of any "article intended to be used to perform an unnatural sexual act" (i.e. sex toys). Despite the fact that sex between men was already prohibited under the common law crime of sodomy, the 1969 act made it a statutory crime for a man to have sex with another male under the age of nineteen. It also introduced section 20A, the infamous "three men at a party" clause, which prohibited any sexual activity between men at a party, where "party" was defined as any occasion where more than two people were present.

The Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act, 1985 (Act No. 72 of 1985) repealed the provisions of the 1957 act that prohibited interracial sex, and repealed the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act. This came as part of the repeal of many petty apartheid laws under the government of P. W. Botha.[1]

The Immorality Amendment Act, 1988 (Act No. 2 of 1988) renamed the Immorality Act, 1957 to the Sexual Offences Act, 1957. It criminalised, for the first time, a woman having sex with a person under the age of consent, for that purpose setting the age of consent at 16 for a boy and 19 for a girl. It also made it a crime to be a prostitute, where previously only certain acts related to prostitution (brothel-keeping, procuring, etc.) had been illegal.[2]

[Mortimer]

No. Why do you ask?

[Mistel]

No. Stupid question.

[Kazimiera]

No. Why do you ask?

Just interested in other people's opinions.

I don't think it is a stupid question, considering that it was law and a punishable offense for many years in South Africa.

[Mortimer]

Just interested in other people's opinions.

I know it is ok for anthro-forums to discuss it but i would be seriously very offended if it were a serious political debate in any western civilised Country, and if it is prohibited in any Country i would consider These countries as barbarian and not part of the civilised world

[Baldur]

Hang them!

[EagleAtHeart]

No. It's a positive eugenics program! Usually the Europeans that miscegenate are the outcasts of the group, fetishists, or extreme Liberals. It's better these deviants breed themselves out of the gene pool so that we're stronger in the end.

[Madonna]

Hang them!

ooo what happened to you

is it you acmilan ?

[Stefan]

No, I don't believe in authoritarian states and these laws hurt any motivations for racial or ethnic homogeneity than otherwise. If there is any push for homogeneity it should be by society and culture, not by a state. States are artificial, while societies are natural and it's much easier to rid of something artificial than natural. I just think there should be social disapproval for such actions.

[Zmey Gorynych]

Only positive feelings. I remember seeing the "Invictus" film and there was a coach that told his rugby players: "remember this day boys for it's the day when this country went down the drain" referring to Mandela being elected as president of South Africa - words of wisdom !