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Wyoming Limiting Child Marriage Sparks Republican Outrage

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by philnotfil, Feb 11, 2023.

  1. duggers_dad

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    False reduction to mere sight of pervert and arbitrary age requirement for marriage.
     
  2. intimigator1

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    No doubt! My soon to be 13 year old has been practicing to be a 13 year old the past few months...really need the public school training in place fast! Going to be a very long year...
     
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  3. philnotfil

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    West Virginia Republicans killed a similar bill this week.

    Child marriage ban bill defeated in West Virginia House

    The Republican-dominated Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the bill on a 9-8 vote, a week after it passed the House of Delegates.

    The vote came shortly after the bill’s main sponsor, Democratic Del. Kayla Young of Kanawha County, testified briefly before the committee. She said that since 2000 there have been more than 3,600 marriages in the state involving one or more children.

    Currently, children can marry as young as 16 in West Virginia with parental consent. Anyone younger than that also must get a judge’s waiver.

    “For now, there will be no floor for the age of marriage in WV, endangering our kids,” Young wrote on Twitter after the vote.
     
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  4. gatorchamps960608

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    Adult right wing men really want to preserve the right to groom and marry minors.
     
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  5. Gator515151

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    I can't say much about this one. The year was 1973 Mrs51 was 16, I was 22. I guess it was better us being together as a married couple than as a couple of horny kids because 50 years later we are still together.
     
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  6. gatorpa

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    Why, some compare the US to other countries when it comes to taxation, social services, COViD death rates, abortion laws. Why is his example whataboutism?
    I’ll bet most didn’t know that those were the laws regarding marriage in other civilized countries.
     
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  7. gatorpa

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    Seems like California allows it also, guess the rt wingers took over in the dead of night and let that happen…

    And yeah because that’s what the law is about.
    Funny how some go to the idea of old men marring young girls.
    Most of us thought of two teens getting married
     
  8. Gator715

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    @rivergator @lacuna

    Where you guys at? Clear violation of board rules.
     
  9. mikemcd810

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    Are you still upset about this and now resorting to just searching for old posts that mention groomer? I wasn't even referring to anyone on the board. Sheesh.
     
  10. Gator715

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    You made “ugly insinuations” regarding people on the board which was why one of my posts also not directed at anyone in particular was deleted.
     
  11. lacuna

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    @Gator715 You previously registered your disagreement and displeasure over a moderating decision you did not like. Your continued petulant grumbling, and apparent grudge, is noted.

    Shall we ping GatorGrowl. It's easy enough to place an @ in front of his name.
     
  12. vaxcardinal

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    did either of you lie about your age when you started dating?
     
  13. Gator515151

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    Nope. I actually met her in the back seat of a Police car. Her parents owned a little late night restaurant/ coffee house, she worked there waiting tables. She was walking home a little after midnight and I happened to be riding with a cop friend of mine. He pulled up next to her and said "Jeanie what in the hell are you doing on the street at this time of night?" She answered, " I didn't have a ride home from work". Tim said "Get in the back I'll give you a ride". So yes I tell people I met my wife in the back seat of a Police car.
     
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