Current Events > Missouri has BANNED 15 y/o's from getting MARRIED..now you have to be SIXTEEN!!

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Republican Govenror Mike Parson has signed a new bill into law banning the marriage of 15 YEAR OLDS from getting married to adults ending a long conservative tradition of child brides which has been a destination of teen marriages in the state...now you have to be SIXTEEN!!

The new law, Senate Bill 655 raised the legal marriage age to 16 and has made it a requirement for a parent to give their consent.

Earlier in the year, Dailymail named Missouri as the state easiest for teen couples to get married because there was no minimum age and only one parent's approval was needed even if the other objected.

But Mike Parson said "The welfare of our children must always be a top priority"

The Kansas City Star also released a report that a high number of young brides in the state revealed that 1000 15 year olds had gotten married between 1999 to 2017 as many traveled from all parts of the country to get married there.

The men were often 21 year olds having sex with girls younger than 17 which constitutes as statuatory rape under Missouri law but the girls admitted they got married so their old pervs wouldn't get prosecuted.

Republican Jean evans said "It's done, it's awesome. I think some people think there's not much to it because we raised it from 15 to 16 but there was no minimum before. Most important, we are not going to allow adults to prey on children. Someone 21 is not going ot be allowed to marry someone 15. We are not going to allow adults to legalize what is statuatory rape"

Changing the marriage age in Missouri was not an easy task as 2 similar bills failed over the years as 24 other states in the U S do not have minimum marriage ages but there has been a recent trend toward tightening related laws.

Delaware and NJ just banned all marriage involving people under the age of 18, no exceptions

Teen marriages has been a long conservative tradition as families believe marriage at a young age will bring a family closer together with "family values" as many Republican leaders have been reluctant in the past to change the law from infuriating their base.

However it's also been a difficult journey for the majority of these teen marriages as many end up in divorce or on welfare because they cannot afford raising a child because of low wages or unemployment.

Do you think 16 year olds are capable of consenting to marriage??

Republican signing new law -

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Failed Teen Marriages -

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https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/11/16/4A1725E000000578-5487801-Brittany_Koerselman_of_Iowa_went_to_Missouri_in_2014_when_she_wa-m-55_1520785147335.jpg

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what in tarnation
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Easy to laugh at, but young arranged marriages have the best track records.

At least its not where I live (can get married at 13 with parents consent)
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I think 18 is better, mostly because getting married while you're still in highschool can be troublesome.
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Honestly, it should be raised to 20 years old for marriage along with requiring a pre-nupt for separation of belongings.
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WheezinEd posted...

Easy to laugh at, but young arranged marriages have the best track records.

Arranged marriage is evil and there's often no genuine love in them.
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Hop103 posted...

Arranged marriage is evil and there's often no genuine love in them.

*citation needed

What does Dawkins have to saw about this?
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WheezinEd posted...

Hop103 posted...

Arranged marriage is evil and there's often no genuine love in them.

*citation needed

How about a citation for your dubious claim first?
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0AbsoluteZero0 posted...

How about a citation for your dubious claim first?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2217232/arranged-marriages-lead-to-happier-relationships-because-couples-put-more-effort-in-to-make-them-work/

WheezinEd posted...

0AbsoluteZero0 posted...

How about a citation for your dubious claim first?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2217232/arranged-marriages-lead-to-happier-relationships-because-couples-put-more-effort-in-to-make-them-work/

Nice try, but you said that young arranged marriages have the best track record and that article is about arranged marriages in general. You cant just apply that finding to a small subset of arranged marriages for which it may or may not hold true.
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Arranged marriages are fucking garbage because there is so much fucking pressure other than love. It is all about pleasing family.

Conflict posted...

Probably because resistance would result in vile consequences. You already knew that though and you just wanted to post something stupid

*citation needed

0AbsoluteZero0 posted...

WheezinEd posted...

0AbsoluteZero0 posted...

How about a citation for your dubious claim first?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2217232/arranged-marriages-lead-to-happier-relationships-because-couples-put-more-effort-in-to-make-them-work/

Nice try, but you said that young arranged marriages have the best track record and that article is about arranged marriages in general. You cant just apply that finding to a small subset of arranged marriages for which it may or may not hold true.

Also by "track record" means they don't get divorced because they can't. A lot of arrange marriages (especially in the Islam religion) don't allow divorces, so they were forced into the marriage so they have no choice but to work things out and in many cases live miserable lives.

But yeah that article never states anything about "young arrange marriages".
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Lol how ass-backwards is Missouri, they're only like 48 other states now.
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What about 14 year olds? Republicans, there's still a loophole!
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