Uplifting News

My other wives are very happy with their new sister-wife, thank you for your spawn. The dowry is in the mail.

In many it used to be something like with parental permission. Basically child trafficking enshrined in law.

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.

Old enough to marry but too young to divorce. That's the stupidest thing I've heard this week.

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

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. 🫤

Sounds like an old guy from the 50s, who still clings to 50s social mores and stigmas, unaware that being a single mother isn't the massive taboo he remembers it being.

Checks Hardy Billington's Wikipedia page

Born 1952 or 1953 (age 71–72)

Aaaaaand there we have it. Not sure why his exact birthdate isn't known. In fact the only notable thing on that page is about him expressing opposition to another child marriage bill that was proposed last year. Imagine having "strongly endorses child marriage" as the one and only legacy from your 70+ years of life. Gross.

many of them produce a baby in 4 or 6 mo after the wedding

Wow, they are just precocious in every way, aren’t they?

The usual shit that islamophobes would say is that 'at least they aren't 9' even if many Islamic countries ban that shit and large age gaps in marriage (Egypt is one example) and many children marriages that do happen are between children. As in, an 11 year old girl is betrothed to a 14 year old boy (still not cool though). They also ignore that in many cases a man who does marry a little kid is often socially ostracized and treated like shit for doing that.

The final version of the bill passed the House by a vote of 129-14, with one member voting present. In the Senate, it passed by a vote of 32-1. Sen. Mike Moon, R-Ash Grove, was the only vote against.

What sort of garbage person do you have to be to vote against something like this?

Hopefully there's a list of people who voted "no" on it that gets leaked

There is no need for leaks, it's right in the article:

The final version of the bill passed the House by a vote of 129-14, with one member voting present. In the Senate, it passed by a vote of 32-1. Sen. Mike Moon, R-Ash Grove, was the only vote against.

I mean, basically every Republican legislature or executive is a child predator. It's like a prerequisite to join the party. Their ratings don't drop when they're exposed.