The fact that 33 states still allow this is deeply disturbing. Massive wake-up call for everyone
TeamBoeing on
How many child marriages have you ever seen happen
CreepingPastor on
There are plenty of bizarre laws that technically exist but are never enforced in modern time. Pretty sure there’s a landlocked state where whaling is illegal.
Agitated_Guard_3507 on
That’s because for a long time child marriage wasn’t a big enough issue to be prohibited by law, and there were usually other offenses that could get heaped on to a perpetrator.
PointsOfXP on
I read somewhere a while ago that it was typically a way to join families and not fuck kids.
Ok_Mastodon_3843 on
For added context, the states that don’t have a minimum age for marriage usually require parental and judicial permission.
starkHOUTx on
Bans only happen when the thing does. It’s more surprising they HAD to. At least arranged child marraige isn’t as common in Oklahoma as it is in the middle east
bboymixer on
What was really shocking to me is when I learned the American Civil Liberties Union has historically *supported* child marriage
Sweet_Sho on
I……. thought…. it was illegal. What the actual fuck
mad2fanboi on
Me, a Scot:
ProfessionalTruck976 on
Sibling Incest is legal in New Jersey, does that mean it is practiced widely there?
No, it means that it never been big enough trouble to make them add an offence into penal code.
And if anyone is for any reason in part interested how do I know, I blame Dick Wolf.
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The fact that 33 states still allow this is deeply disturbing. Massive wake-up call for everyone
How many child marriages have you ever seen happen
There are plenty of bizarre laws that technically exist but are never enforced in modern time. Pretty sure there’s a landlocked state where whaling is illegal.
That’s because for a long time child marriage wasn’t a big enough issue to be prohibited by law, and there were usually other offenses that could get heaped on to a perpetrator.
I read somewhere a while ago that it was typically a way to join families and not fuck kids.
For added context, the states that don’t have a minimum age for marriage usually require parental and judicial permission.
Bans only happen when the thing does. It’s more surprising they HAD to. At least arranged child marraige isn’t as common in Oklahoma as it is in the middle east
What was really shocking to me is when I learned the American Civil Liberties Union has historically *supported* child marriage
I……. thought…. it was illegal. What the actual fuck
Me, a Scot:
Sibling Incest is legal in New Jersey, does that mean it is practiced widely there?
No, it means that it never been big enough trouble to make them add an offence into penal code.
And if anyone is for any reason in part interested how do I know, I blame Dick Wolf.