OhCanada77 said:
Ahh my apologies. I wasn't taking the cultural issues into consideration.
You know within the last 10 years or so, whether due to technology exposing people to alternate ways of life, ideas, opinions, people they would not have met otherwise, opportunities to work and study in other countries, advances and shifts in societal norms, and what not...People and mentalities are changing.
I think the measurement of cultural norms, not just in India but many other places where culture and tradition has been ingrained and reigned supreme for so long, is now becoming kind of an archaic and unfair way to measure the genuineness of peoples relationships. People around the globe are finding each other and coming together, moving away from religion, resisting pressure from family, starting to express their individuality, learning new things, experiencing things they would not have been able to before this time in our history. We live in a time where people are changing their genders, gay rights are supported, women have access to education and jobs, humankind is connected all around the planet, and so many other things are happening. We live in different times.
If Canada accepts gay common-law relationships from countries where homosexuality is against the law and certainly would be considered "not the norm" they why the discrimination for other variances in peoples choices and experiences in these same countries?
Judging the validity of a relationship based on; the size of a wedding when in Canada the cost of buying a house is almost unattainable and people would rather be less frivolous and save that money for their future together,age differences when advances in health care, people living more healthy lifestyles, and the celebration of older yet still hot celebrities, makes age less of an issue for people, and previous marriages/divorce when this has become a common and acceptable occurrence for most of the first world, is not fair or accurate.
Also, the pool of potential candidates people now have access to has grown exponentially with so much travel, current technology, and all the dating sites and communication apps that exist so the likelihood people will meet people from different backgrounds and walks of life is very likely. And apparently opposites attract!
I agree CI|C has to be diligent in weeding out fraud and marriages of convenience, and perhaps if there are enough of those indicators in an application or not enough proof supporting the genuineness of a relationship then of course it begs further scrutiny. But when the world at large seems to have developed a more open mindedness and is enjoying this new evolution and freedom in dating and relationships on an international level, CIC needs to follow suit and recognize that and also maybe be a little more careful in not letting their own personal biases cloud their decisions.
