Disclaimers: As much as I may want to claim ownership of this famous series, I can't because Harry Potter belongs to a whole lot of different companies that I can't remember the names of at the moment. Any characters that appear in this fic that is not a part of the original series, belong to me so don't take them without asking first.
Word Count: 543
Marriage Law Rejection Letters
Letter #149
Submitted By: Architeuthis
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To the Ministry of Magic,
Have you people lost your minds!? Fleur and I are not going to get divorced on your say-so! We love each other and plan to have a family together, and we don't care that some of you are bigots who disapprove of Fleur's heritage.
Fair warning: Don't even consider sending anybody to Gringotts to arrest us. The goblins know about the marriage law and highly disapprove of it. They also view Aurors turning up at the bank to arrest people as a disruption of their work – and they hate disruptions.
Even if I were still single, there is no way in hell I would even consider marrying Marian Weasley. While she's a fine woman and a powerful witch, she is also my first cousin!
ARE YOU PEOPLE MENTAL?! Haven't you heard of inbreeding?! Anybody who breeds animals, be they dragons or kneazles, will tell you that you don't mate animals that are closely related to each other because the offspring will often have birth defects.
Despite your beliefs to the contrary, the same thing is true of people. Having magic does not make us immune, either. At most, it may slow the effects down, so a couple of generations may be able to get away with such inbreeding. Eventually, though, an inbred family will start producing sickly, disabled children with weak or no magic.
Don't believe me? Look at some family histories then. It's well known that the Gaunt family eventually died out because of their inbreeding. The Blacks may still be a magically powerful family, but a suspicious number of them have been mentally unstable – and some forms of madness do run in families. Inbreeding increases the chances of such a madness affecting a child.
Historical records will also show that many of the most powerful witches and wizards were not purebloods. Albus Dumbledore, whom many people consider to be the most powerful wizard in many a century, was a halfblood. Merlin himself wasn't a pureblood. In fact, he is widely believed to have been a halfbreed of some sort.
To sum it up, I am not divorcing Fleur in order to marry Marian. Fleur and I are not going back to England, and we both want and plan to have healthy and magically powerful children.
William Weasley
Author's Notes:
This latest Marriage Law Rejection Letter update was recently submitted to my review box by Architeuthis. Thanks for the submission. If anyone else has any letters they want to submit, feel free to send them in. lol
Notes from Architeuthis: The Harry Potter Wiki webpage describes Arthur Weasley as having at least two brothers. It seems logical to assume that at least one of those brothers had children.