This thread is very thought provoking but there should be a couple of things remebered.
1) When Jesus died the Old Testament became more of a history book than anything else as the old laws no longer apply.
2) All women were 'forced' into marriage at that point in history. Their Fathers would choose their husbands, alot of times before they were even born so the forced marriage point is mute. Unless we are to think almost every child from that era in human history was a product of rape....