It's about the court replacing parental consent for 17 year olds.
As Libby Anne says, really resolved by just setting the age to 18. I feel the problem is the young person marrying someone undesirable to the parents (who aren't actually in the marriage)
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2018/03/why-conservatives-objected-to-that-kentucky-child-marriage-bill.html
Wha here in our fahn ole’ Commonwealth o’ Kan-tucky we honor tradition. Children gittin mar-ud was good enuf fer grandpappy’s day, so it’s good enuf fer me! 💑
ReplyDeleteSeriously, as the pathos story says, some sloppy reporting and overzealous conclusions being passed off as journalism have messed up the discourse on this bill. Endemic of the internet.
ReplyDeleteHere's a simple solution. You can't marry until you are 18. Period.
ReplyDeleteMartin Cothran (sometimes identified incorrectly in the story as Cochran) is a horrible extremist pushing a dark ages agenda. Though some sites have apparently misstated his position on this bill, overall I have no sympathy for his group.
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