I don’t get why a such law took so long, but late is better than never.
Republican men are probably throwing a fit that they won’t be able to legally groom and rape children for “family values” anymore
About fucking time you backasswards rednecks
The year is 2025…
And America is still this ass backwards.
Least some good news for once.
Still allowed in a lot of US states
Checked if this was an Onion type article. So glad it isn’t.
Bet Republicans are furious
Well, glad I married off my daughter at 14 last year. Knew that was a good decision
My other wives are very happy with their new sister-wife, thank you for your spawn. The dowry is in the mail.
Shipping costs on 4.5 bags of funyuns probably wasn’t that bad.
Two questions:
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What was the age before?
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What’s the lowest age permitted in all the States?
It was 16 but only with parental consent and only with a marriage partner 21 or younger.
16 with parental consent is quite common. Mississippi I think is 15. Some allow marriage younger than this (some have effectively no minimum age), but with the requirement for consent to also be sought through the courts.
In many it used to be something like with parental permission. Basically child trafficking enshrined in law.
Human trafficking was the foundation of our great nation. Hell, there’s still a lively Mail Order Bride market out of the States.
We can’t stop. We won’t stop.
I’ll be curious to see if this law survives contact with the courts. Perhaps we’ll even see destination weddings happening on the other side of the Arkansas border.
Dammit man, this hits close to home. I’m from Missouri and we used to talk shit on Arkansans all the time. Now I’ve lived in Arkansas for over a decade and can confirm… there are some sketchy parts. Lol, I need to escape.
I used to live in Louisiana. Never felt uncomfortable there but the few times I went into Mississippi or Alabama terrified me. You’re looking around at swamp land as far as the eye can see and realize that it would not be hard to hide a body.
Well, you can always come down and hang with me in Texas. nervous laughter
scrambling to hide from the Abbott gestapo patrol
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This was allowed before?!
Watch the Republicans set their hair on fire in response while introducing legislation to allow more child workers as well.
The party of family values.
I mean… this is reason to celebrate, but at the same time it’s like saying you’re giving up on blinding orphan puppies. You were doing what?
“Do you know any kids who have been married at age 12? I do. And guess what? They’re still married,” Moon said in response to questioning by Democratic state Representative Peter Merideth.
Child brides aren’t old enough to divorce their husbands.
Old enough to marry but too young to divorce. That’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard this week.
That’s the point - the power imbalance. Marry off young girls to men who can groom and control them. Daddy-husbands and child-wives. The Christian complementarian model sees women as essentially children anyway. Like Moon’s comment implies - if they marry you off at 12, you are never getting the independence to escape.
aw… <sad banjo music>
Studying the Child marriage in the United States Wikipedia page. Looking at the map legenda that says ‘red = 0’, thinking ‘surely that means it’s forbidden, right? right??’ What the fuck.
In California, for instance, the general marriage age is 18, but children may be married with parental consent and judicial approval with no minimum age limit.[53
The fact that so many states allow marriage at 16 is concerning. 🫤
I really hate Americans. Every single patriotic us thing just makes me retch. They are the worst creatures on this planet with some unfounded god complex and silly strong men culture that just doesn’t want to die
The most American series I watched recently - 1923. Jesus I barely made through this shit because my mother had birthday and she likes it for some unfathomable reason.
I have a feeling that this tv series perfectly encapsulates the murica mindset and I cannot hate it enough. The showrunner guy is somehow impervious to any criticism some kind of local macho god for some reason even though the show is coming apart at the seams under the shallow cover of superficial sentimental bs.
You guys should totally isolate on this continent of yours and don’t leave it at all. No one wants you.
This is really mean so I’m reporting it please talk to an adult about this, it’s not a good way to view other people
You guys should totally isolate on this continent of yours and don’t leave it at all.
Unfortunately, America doesn’t work as a project without endless territorial expansion. So we’re happy to close our borders, but we’re never going to stop demanding your tribute on pain of getting hit with our bombs.
You mean they hadn’t already?!
It’s legal in a lot of the US, yes. Sometimes it requires approval from a judge, 4 states have no minimum age at all.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_the_United_States
The fact that California is one of those 4 is fucking mind blowing. They banned smoking and legalized weed but can’t be bothered to stop child brides from happening???
I thought US was a 1st world country…
The first world / second world / third world classification was some system made up by the US during the Cold war to put the US at the top of their own tier list. It’s always been silly
The actual 1st world thinks differently. 😒
Singing shit from the darkness is hilarious. Let us know your country so we can laugh at your garbage culture.
Why?
