I don’t get why a such law took so long, but late is better than never.

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    As bad as that is, a kid doesn’t have to be anywhere near the age of consent for their parents to marry them off to an old man (let’s be real, that’s what’s happening).

    And since they aren’t old enough to be the one consenting to the marriage, they can’t file for divorce and if they try to escape, they are treated as run aways and returned to their abuser (again, let’s be real, that’s what’s happening).

    Statuary rape is legal if the poor child’s parents consent. And they can do it in 36 US states. Including California. Do better.

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      Shower thought: maybe there should be an age / 2 + 7 law for marriage, with the minimum age of the youngest involved in the marriage being 18.

      Then you don’t get any of that 50 yo people marrying 18 year olds anymore. Instead, those would have to look at 32 years.

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        Well, that’s just a rule of general not-being-a-creep. I think a better law is: No one can consent to marriage (or sex) for someone else, ever, including parents.

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          It seems pretty obvious: if you can’t sign a legally binding contract, you can’t sign a marriage contract.

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          Oh, I agree, but it’s depressing to know that there are people in the Republican Party that would probably violate that rule easily. Not that I ever trusted them, though.