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[–] Tallest_Skil 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
16 year olds should absolutely be able to be married if they have the education to provide for a household. Younger than that and you hit ephebophilia. You’ve exposed your account on ✡DailyKos✡, by the way.
[–] derram ago
https://archive.ph/TvVWL :
'I think two willing people should be able to go and get married.” Rep. '
'Senior researcher Heather Barr of Human Rights Watch told Newsweek that “child marriage is … associated with girls dropping out of school, sinking into poverty, being at greater risk of domestic violence, and with serious health risks, including death."'
' Unfortunately for young people in Idaho, the majority of Idaho Republicans didn’t just miss that memo—they actively overruled it. '
'Unchained at Last does note some good news: Child marriages continue to decline as state laws forbidding or restricting them spread around the country. '
'Which brings us back to Idaho, and that bill that they killed in their over two-thirds male and mostly white statehouse. '
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