Chinanews client, Beijing, March 23 (Peng Ningling) For some time, vulgar marriages have occurred from time to time, causing the parties to suffer miserably.
Recently, #山山邹平击恶俗婚闹# has been on the hot search, and many netizens applauded: There is no bottom line for marriage troubles, it's time to control it!
But at the same time, some people also said that they were all acquaintances at the wedding, and it was impossible to report to the police due to the world's nature. This move was useless.
Can the controversial marriage be banned by a ban?
Where should I start to manage marriage troubles?
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Forcibly kiss the bride and bridesmaid, tie the groom to the tree...
Netizen: The marriage trouble should have been dealt with long ago!
Recently, the Civil Affairs Office of Zouping City in Shandong Province, the Women’s Federation of Zouping City, the Zouping City Public Security Bureau, and the Zouping Civil Affairs Bureau jointly issued an announcement on combating vulgar marriages. Vulgar and vulgar marriages such as insults and molesting brides and bridesmaids.
Violators shall be punished by public security organs in accordance with the law according to the circumstances, which constitutes a criminal investigation of criminal responsibility.
After the release of this regulation, many netizens applauded: There is no bottom line for marriage troubles, it's time to control it!
The wedding is a festive and ceremonial moment. It is a happy event to gather friends and relatives to bless the new couple.
But in recent years, the groom has been thrown eggs, splashed ink, and beaten with bamboo sticks; bridesmaids have been attacked and molested; brides have been "joking" with no lower limit... The vulgar jokes that have been exposed at weddings have made many people lament: the marriage is getting more and more troublesome. The more it looks like a nonsense.
Speaking of marriage troubles, Mr. Zhong, whose hometown is in Hubei, said that the so-called "marriage trouble customs" in some rural areas of his hometown can even be described as "indecent" and "unbearable".
"For example, on the day of the reception, let the father-in-law wear a pointed hat and use a cart to pull the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law takes the whip to drive the donkey and drives the father-in-law to pull the cart. A joke of my daughter-in-law." Mr. Zhong said, except for the teaser, the whole family was embarrassed.
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In fact, many places have issued proposals to resist uncivilized marriages.
As early as October 2016, Dali, Yunnan, issued a notice on further rectification of uncivilized marriages, including the prohibition of vulgar song and dance performances, funny farce, naked body, obscene fancy clothing, and egg throwing.
Since then, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, Xinxian County, Shandong Province and many other places have also put forward related initiatives.
Among them, the Civilization Office of Jiangsu Yancheng City and relevant departments jointly issued the "Civilized Wedding, Resisting Vulgarity" proposal. When the newlyweds receive the marriage certificate, they will sign the "Promotion Letter of "Promoting Civilized Weddings and Resisting Outdated Customs"."
The notice issued by the seven departments of Xin County, Shandong Province pointed out that it is prohibited to use tape to tie the groom to a tree or telephone pole, pour beer, pour soy sauce, smash eggs, and act indecently in public places such as urban roads and squares. Roles, making funny actions and other marital disturbances.
In May 2020, the "Guiding Opinions on the Pilot Reform of Marriage Customs" of the Ministry of Civil Affairs emphasized the rectification of unhealthy practices such as high-price wedding gifts and vulgar marriages, and promoted the improvement of social atmosphere.
For uncivilized marriages, Shen County, Shandong, Dali, Yunnan and other places have stipulated punishment measures.
For example, Yunnan Dali made it clear that for those who violated regulations and disobeyed the dissuasion of on-site staff, and still insisted on uncivilized marriages to have a bad impact, the three law enforcement departments of public security, traffic police, and urban management should strictly follow the "Public Security Management Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China", etc. According to relevant regulations, the persons responsible shall be held accountable according to the circumstances.
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Is it feasible to prohibit vulgar marriages due to inconvenience to the police?
Lawyer: The joke has a bottom line, the law is not about private matters
Although people hate vulgar marriages, in many people's eyes, marriage is a private matter and a happy event. Taking into account the world's human nature, even if a relatively bad marriage has occurred, they will avoid legal means.
In reality, such views are not rare.
Judging from the existing vulgar marriage troubles, it is difficult to escape the inherent concept of "private affairs" in combating marriage troubles.
"Marriage is a private matter, but the law is not a private matter." Li Xuan, a lawyer from Shanghai Universal Law Firm, told Chinanews.com that the wedding itself is also held in a public place, which has very obvious social attributes and has gone beyond the scope of "private matters." .
According to Article 8 of my country’s Civil Code, civil entities engaged in civil activities must not violate the law or violate public order and good customs.
It is true that in Chinese society, weddings have some custom attributes, but the phenomenon of vulgar weddings cannot be explained by customs or jokes.
Any "hustle and bustle" should have "degree", and the bottom line of "degree" is public order and good customs, which is moral law.
In Li Xuan's view, the key to whether a marriage is vulgar or not depends on whether it goes against the personal wishes of the groom, bride or other participants.
"If you violate your will, forcibly touch your body, restrict your personal freedom, or engage in verbal insults, sexual harassment, etc., the minor circumstances may constitute a civil tort; violations of the Public Security Penalty Law may be subject to administrative penalties; the circumstances are serious or there are other It may even constitute a crime if it involves the relevant provisions of the criminal law."
Taking into account that the parties concerned would consider human conditions and sophistication and would not take the initiative to report to the police, Li Xuan said that according to my country's relevant public security management and criminal laws and regulations, relevant units can take the initiative to intervene when illegal acts are discovered.
"Even if the wedding participants do not report to the police, the surrounding masses can report to the police and the police actively intervene to initiate the corresponding accountability procedures." Li Xuan said that Shandong Zouping stipulates to combat vulgar marriages and aims to promote civilized weddings and boycott them. Vicious and vulgar marriages are prohibited, and the more typical vulgar marriages are prohibited. It is of positive significance to educate and guide the masses by warning of the legal consequences.
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