NO-KG-AI wrote:GHOSTofSIKMA wrote:NO-KG-AI wrote:
Lmao
i think the issue is how some are defining the definition of adult and what the consequences should be. nothing more nothing less
for example...
in states that allow marriage at 14 are lawmakers suggesting its ok for adults to bang high school kids?
Yes. Well, it doesn't even sound like they are suggesting it, sounds like they are totally ok with it.
and if thats not crazy read this right off wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_age_in_the_United_StatesThe marriageable age is determined by each state and territory.
Unchained At Last, a non-profit advocacy group dedicated to ending child marriage in the United States, found that only 14% of the child marriages conducted from 2000 to 2010 were between two children marrying each other.[17] In the other 86% of cases, child marriages are between a minor and an adult.[32] In terms of spousal age, the majority of those surveyed, about 60%, reported being 18–20 years old. Less than 3% reported being over 29 years of age.[35] In over 400 cases, the adult was aged over 40. And in 31 cases, they were over 60.
According to data compiled by Anjali Tsui, Dan Nolan, and Chris Amico, who looked at almost 200,000 cases of child marriage from 2000 to 2015:
67% of the children were aged 17.
29% of the children were aged 16.
4% of the children were aged 15.
Less than 1% of the children were aged 14 and under.
There were 51 cases of 13-year-olds getting married, and 6 cases of 12-year-olds getting married.[35]
U.S. states
Main article: Marriage age in the United States
Every state except New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, Massachusetts,[44] Vermont, Connecticut,[11] and Michigan allows underage marriage in exceptional circumstances if one or more of the following circumstances apply:
consent of a court clerk or judge (sometimes the consent of a superior court judge, rather than a local judge, is required)
consent of the parents or legal guardians of the minor
if one of the parties is pregnant, or if the minor has given birth to a child
if the minor is emancipated.
In California, for instance, the general marriage age is 18, but children may be married with parental consent and judicial approval with no minimum age limit.[45]
As of July 2023, in the states that have set a marriage age by statute, the lower minimum marriage age when all exceptions are taken into account, are:
5 states have no minimum age (effectively 0).
2 states have a minimum age of 15.
23 states have a minimum age of 16.
10 states have a minimum age of 17.
10 states have a minimum age of 18.
From 2017[46][47] to 2023,[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58] several states changed their law to set a minimum age, to raise their minimum age, or to make more stringent the conditions under which an underage marriage may occur. In the absence of any statutory minimum age, some conclude that the minimum common law marriageable age of 12 for girls and 14 for boys may still apply.[59][60]
U.S. territories
In the District of Columbia the general marriage age is 18, but 16-year-olds may marry with exceptions.[61] The general age of marriage in Puerto Rico is 21; however, 18-year-olds can marry, with exceptions (the age of majority in Puerto Rico is 21).[62] In Guam, the general age is 18, but 16-year-olds can get married with the consent of at least one parent or guardian.[63] In American Samoa, the marriage age has been changed to 18 for both sexes. This reflects a change in policy by Governor Lolo Moliga, who signed into law a bill that changed the marriage age for girls from 14 to 18 in September 2018.[13] In the U.S. Virgin Islands, the age of marriage is 18 for both sexes. Prior to 2019, the age of marriage was 14 for females and 16 for males.[64] In the Northern Mariana Islands males must be 18 to marry, while females can marry at 16 with parental consent.[65]
Comparison with other countries
Critics have pointed out that laws regarding child marriage in the United States compare unfavorably to laws regarding child marriage in other countries. For instance, in 2017, Human Rights Watch pointed out that Afghanistan has a tougher law on child marriage than parts of the United States: in Afghanistan the minimum age of marriage is 15, and that only with permission from their father or a judge; otherwise it is 16.[66] As of that date, 25 U.S. states had no minimum marriage age at all if one or more of the grounds for exception existed; this number has continually decreased since then.[67]
