TheJims@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agoGOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’www.nj.comexternal-linkmessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1868arrow-down111
arrow-up1857arrow-down1external-linkGOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’www.nj.comTheJims@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square194fedilink
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoThere is a defense for these laws! Which makes it doubly fucked up that I’ve never once heard a Republican utter it. (Among other issues, marriage wipes out many legal complications of inheritance.)
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoSoooo, don’t keep us waiting, what is it?
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoSo does adoption. And properly managed wills, trusts, and estates.
There is a defense for these laws! Which makes it doubly fucked up that I’ve never once heard a Republican utter it.
(Among other issues, marriage wipes out many legal complications of inheritance.)
Soooo, don’t keep us waiting, what is it?
So does adoption. And properly managed wills, trusts, and estates.