[Proud_USA_Republican]

the inbreeding has more to do with it. Thousands of cousins breeding with cousins.

[Chinito]

Huh?

[Robert357]

...fingered polygamy as one reason for the rioting in the country.

Too many straight lines,.....not enough time. (/sarcasm)

[A. Pole]

Interesting

[WillamShakespeare]

Of course, it was polygamy! It wasn`t the fact that the rioters were fed up living amongst the biggest a-holes this side of creation.

[yldstrk]

What a friggin' nit wit..

[Grim]

Gérard Larcher is the Minister of Labor which makes him an expert on sociology, pate d' foie gras, and j'en sait quoi.

[highlander_UW]

Oh why do I have to come across such a silly statement as that one and not have time to read the whole article right now. bump for later reading...and laughing.

[ncountylee]

Well...that's a new one.

[Vaquero]

"ah the life of a frog...thats the life for me."

[GSlob]

"If people are not employable, they will not be employed.”
It is a piece of most profound wisdom. Hear, hear! I am pleasantly surprised that it comes from - strange to say - a state minister of France. Who'd think it?

[contemplator]

The French are blaming their problems on a morality line that has been crossed. I'm sure the irony is lost on them.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Politicians estimate there are 10,000-20,000 polygamous families in France, most from North and sub-Saharan African countries such as Algeria, Mali and Senegal, where the practice is legal.

Polygamy is a taboo subject for most mainstream French politicians. Far-right groups, however, have seized on it to argue that immigrants abuse the French social security system by collecting state benefits for several wives.

Free Money! Finally, a lottery where you don't have to play to win!

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

hahaha I think he stepped in it. This guy will have a fatwa issued against him. His days are numbered.

[adamsjas]

Gérard Larcher said multiple marriages among immigrants was one reason for the racial discrimination which ethnic minorities faced in the job market. Overly large polygamous families sometimes led to anti-social behaviour among youths who lacked a father figure, making employers wary of hiring ethnic minorities, he explained.

Anything to avoid laying the blame at the door of Islam where it belongs....

[scouse]

French minister says polygamy to blame for riots.

Where next....Salt Lake City????

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

“Since part of society displays this anti-social behaviour...

Unlike the French who have traditionally have one wife and at least one mistress. :-P

[LibFreeOrDie]

Pot meet kettle! The French, busy with their own mistresses (cinq à sept), are criticizing polygamous immigrants?

[putupjob]

Gay marriage is the answer.

[MoochPooch]

I might get flamed here, but I think there is some truth to it. I read in an earlier FR post that some Arab men dump their wives in France so they can go back to the ME & get a 2nd wife. No doubt the Muslim family dynamic is screwed up. (Not to mention the physical abuse contributes.)

This is not the total reason, of course. I think these people were originally the dregs of their own society. Europe, especially France, basically became the dumping ground. Even were these people sent back to their native or ancestral countries, the governments there wouldn't know what to do with them.