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Man, 35, Marries Six-Year-Old Child in Name of Tradition
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| Thursday, 2 July 2015
Posted on 07/01/2015 8:19:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Girl married off to man 29 years her senior in exchange for money
Child marriage is rampant in some parts of India till date.
However, a recent image that showed a 35-year-old man marrying a six-year-old girl in the Indian state of Rajasthan has created fresh furore over this notorious tradition.
According to the UK daily Metro, Ratan Lal Jat, 35, a counciller married the child in a secret ceremony. The wedding was arranged by a local marriage broker who dealt with such shady marriages in return for fees.
Ratan Lal Jat, if the police officials are to be believed, got married to fulfill the terms of a local tradition known as Nata Pratha. He can be allowed to have an affair with a married woman, provided he compensates financially. However, both he and his lover have to be married. Since Ratan Lal was unmarried, he decided to tie the knot with a child.
According to the deal, the child bride would remain with her family, in return for an undisclosed amount of money.
Ratan Lal has been arrested by the local police for violating the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006. The marriage broker is still at large.
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To: Slings and Arrows
Yikes. I wonder if they had a Frozen-themes wedding?
To: nickcarraway
Coming soon to a town near you!!
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:20:44 PM PDT
by
rikkir
(Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
To: nickcarraway
Did Rose Ginsburg officiate?!
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:21:22 PM PDT
by
Regulator
To: nickcarraway
So if he says he *Loves* her, does that make it all ok?
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:22:31 PM PDT
by
Mygirlsmom
(The only cleaning "Woman of the People" HRC has done in the last 25 yrs was wiping her server.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:22:40 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
("In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, for You will answer me" -Psalms 86:7)
To: nickcarraway
Hey, if it’s good enough for mohammid, it’s good enough for them.
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:24:44 PM PDT
by
Paulie
(America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: nickcarraway
He said he identifies as a 5 year year old so all is well.
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:26:10 PM PDT
by
bramps
To: bramps
...the 5 year year old’s are the one’s you really have to look out for!
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:27:48 PM PDT
by
bramps
To: Mygirlsmom
Somebody ought to put him out of our misery.
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:29:31 PM PDT
by
umgud
(When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
To: nickcarraway
The property concept of women. At one time or another most cultures had some variation of this. Fortunately it’s mostly confined the the Middleeast, South Asia and Muslim Southeast Asia.
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:33:16 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: nickcarraway
Clinton and his friends would probably like this.....
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:33:31 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
(Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
To: nickcarraway
CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY!! /s
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:37:14 PM PDT
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: nickcarraway
Wait, he has to be married in order to have an affair with a married woman who he will compensate financially while his child bride lives at home with her family whom he also compensates? This man has some serious rupees
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posted on
07/01/2015 8:45:41 PM PDT
by
DallasGal
(Firecat I am)
To: nickcarraway
They need some of that Supreme court printed dignity.
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posted on
07/01/2015 9:00:27 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: nickcarraway
They marched down the aisle to the strains of Tevye’s “Tradition”.
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posted on
07/01/2015 9:02:07 PM PDT
by
lbryce
(OBAMA:Misbegotten, GodForsaken, bastard offspring of Satan and Medusa)
To: nickcarraway
Absolutely revolting. He looks like a zombie. The kid obviously doesn’t like him. Her “parents’ should be spayed and neutered.
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posted on
07/01/2015 9:08:37 PM PDT
by
EinNYC
To: nickcarraway
Yeah, and what’s this crap about all cultures being of equal value or some such rot?
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posted on
07/01/2015 9:40:02 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(Face it, insanity is not presidential.)
To: Darteaus94025; nickcarraway
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posted on
07/01/2015 9:43:01 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(Let's call it what it is: Climate Immorality. Now say a Dozen Hail Marys and six Our Fathers.)
To: nickcarraway
35? 35!? What in the world is a 35 year old doing with a six year old? Consult with
The Religion of Peace®, buddy. They will get your head right:
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posted on
07/01/2015 10:00:30 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(Let's call it what it is: Climate Immorality. Now say a Dozen Hail Marys and six Our Fathers.)
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