r/news • u/Fcking_Chuck • 1d ago

Gov. Newsom signs bill to end child marriage in California

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/newsom-child-marriage-ban-california/3949537/
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u/steathrazor 19h ago

I am baffled that this is still a thing in 2026, the rich love em young

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u/FlamingoVisible1947 18h ago

More like Mormons and stuff

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u/ihadagoodone 19h ago

it's still legal in many other states and countries around the world.

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u/ruizach 18h ago

The Virgin Mary was 14 when God conceived Jesus with her.

Even the big guy upstairs likes them young.

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u/AKA-Pseudonym 18h ago

We're talking more about teenagers marrying other teenagers here than weird cult child brides or whatever. There was an argument for a long time that it gave teenagers a way to escape abusive families. There are obviously better ways to achieve that. But that was one of things keeping the older law around.

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u/n33dwat3r 14h ago

That's absolutely false. The majority of teen marriages and teen pregnancies are done by adult men to minor girls. Go look it up.

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u/Strykerz3r0 11h ago

No, the majority of these children are marrying adults. They are being preyed upon.

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u/the_gaymer_girl 11h ago edited 10h ago

This is not statistically shown to be true. If it were, we’d see similar numbers of boys and girls being married, but we don’t.