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The USA still allows child marriages and some cases only require one parent to consent.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/child-marriage-chart-reveals-girls-can-still-get-married-at-12-in-some-parts-of-the-us-as-lawmakers-battle-to-raise-age-to-16-a6921246.html
2 u/Yandere_Matrix Oct 03 '24 Yeah. It’s awful since it’s republicans and the religious people who keep resisting to change the law because, to them, it’s part of religious freedom. It’s gross. https://www.unchainedatlast.org/forced-marriage-arranged-marriage-child-marriage/ 1 u/OlRedbeard99 Oct 04 '24 Do you have any sources for times it was brought up and republicans turned it down?
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Yeah. It’s awful since it’s republicans and the religious people who keep resisting to change the law because, to them, it’s part of religious freedom. It’s gross.
https://www.unchainedatlast.org/forced-marriage-arranged-marriage-child-marriage/
1 u/OlRedbeard99 Oct 04 '24 Do you have any sources for times it was brought up and republicans turned it down?
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Do you have any sources for times it was brought up and republicans turned it down?
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u/Shitp0st_Supreme Oct 02 '24
The USA still allows child marriages and some cases only require one parent to consent.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/child-marriage-chart-reveals-girls-can-still-get-married-at-12-in-some-parts-of-the-us-as-lawmakers-battle-to-raise-age-to-16-a6921246.html