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[–] bleatingnonsense 0 points 23 points (+23|-0) ago 

Well if Dutch law allows the child brides to divorce, maybe its a good thing. It could actually free them.

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[–] tpdplsio 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

I think you're right but divorce sounds like something a child bride could get honor killed over.

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[–] bleatingnonsense 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Its much harder to make an honor killing outside of an Islamic ruled country. And those brides definitely are at risk of being killed at any moment for almost any reason right now. At least they would have the law on their side in the Netherlands.

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[–] 2623405? ago 

Not if you give them safe passage and change their name and identity.

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[–] HopeStillFlies 1 point 5 points (+6|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Recognize the marriage so that people are open about their shit, enabling dialogue so that the child has the power to divorce in order to get legal protections (such as police protection, restraining orders, the right to sue for allowance) to separate by recognizing their legal right to separate.

This way you're FAR FAR less likely to have some asshole keeping their child spouse locked in a basement away from the world somewhere.

This may actually be better.