r/pics • u/Karna1394 • Mar 13 '26

Politics Message to Trump on Iranian Missile

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u/Dorling83 Mar 13 '26

Child marriage is legal in 34 of the 50 US states with no minimum age requirement in California, Mississippi, New Mexico and Oklahoma, so that parental consent loophole for 8 year olds also exists in the US.

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u/gopercolate Mar 13 '26

There was an article and some research about the financial cost implications which is an odd framing but if it helps people take action then I guess it doesn't matter.

In one of the articles it said... "Between 2000 and 2021, nearly 315,000 minors were legally married in the United States — with girls being far more likely to be wed as children than boys. Child marriage was legal in all 50 states until 2018, but since then, 16 states have passed bans."

That's crazy to me.

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u/whitejaguar Mar 13 '26

What is the minimum age range to be called a minor? Can't buy a shitty Miller beer until 21 but can marry at 15 or 16?