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America has a child marriage epidemic

7 pointsby myroon56 months ago

3 comments

toomuchtodo6 months ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.unchainedatlast.org&#x2F;child-marriage-progress&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.unchainedatlast.org&#x2F;child-marriage-progress&#x2F;</a>
0823498723498726 months ago
WTF, are they trying to max out the tax advantage on their generation-skipping trusts?
rotis6 months ago
Here are the marriage ages for US and the world for context:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Marriageable_age" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Marriageable_age</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Marriage_age_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Marriage_age_in_the_United_Sta...</a><p>The US doesn&#x27;t seem to particularly stand out. I feel this article is manipulative and just tries to antagonize people. Manipulative because it says some marriages were for children aged 10, while the minimum age is usually 15&#x2F;16. So how is this even possible? Those 10 year child cases should definitely be investigated, but I&#x27;m sceptical that&#x27;s anything more of a small fraction of underage marriages and they are probably illegal to begin with. The antagonizing part is simple: It&#x27;s all Republicans. Don&#x27;t mention that California has technically no official age defined. This would break the narrative.