So that we see.
Posted on 09/16/2013 8:19:41 AM PDT by doug from upland
An eight year old child bride died in Yemen on her wedding night after suffering internal injuries due to sexual trauma. Human rights organizations are calling for the arrest of her husband who was five times her age.
Al Nahar, Lebanon, has reported that the death occurred in the tribal area of Hardh in northwestern Yemen, which borders Saudi Arabia. This brings even more attention to the already existing issue of forced child marriages in the Middle Eastern region.
"According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), between 2011 and 2020, more than 140 million girls will become child brides. Furthermore, of the 140 million girls who will marry before the age of 18, 50 million will be under the age of 15."
It is reported that over a quarter of Yemen's young girls are married before the age of 15. Not only do they lose access to health and education, these child brides are commonly subjected to physical, emotional and sexual violence in their forced marriage.
One of the main issues is that there is currently no consistent established definition of a "child" that has been agreed upon worldwide. This leaves various interpretations within countries and little protection for those who are affected.
Establishing this age limit is among the top priorities of groups like HRC which was responsible for publishing the 54-page report “How Come You Allow Little Girls to Get Married?”, documenting the lifelong damage to girls who are forced to marry young. Most pro age-limit organizations agree that 18 should be the legal age for marriage.
In February 2009, a law was created in Yemen that set the minimum age for marriage at 17. Unfortunately, it was repealed after more conservative lawmakers called it un-Islamic.
islam is an EVIL culture...
curse Mohammad and his wicked made up religion
Now, now, ...all cultures are equal.
Chalk up another one for racial/cultural equality.
Anyone wanna hold hands and sing the liberal themesong of “we’re all the same, lalala....”
I agree that it is wrong to force these young girls to marry, it is the stupid age limits that gets me.
On the other hand most of the stupid western culture wants their daughters to go to college before they get married so they can say ; oh, hey , look what a great job i did raising my kids.
So the tax payers have to pay for the birth control pills and pay for the care of the unwed mothers who has passed the flower.
I do not think i need to mention the unborn babies murdered by the thousands.
Yes what they are doing is sick, and what is happening in the usa is just as sick, maybe even sicker because we are a very intelligent people : sarc :
18 is the best age to draw the line as an adult.
Know of any 14 year olds with full time jobs supporting a family?
I realize that libertarians don’t like any age limits for drugs and sex and crap, but they are all insane.
So that we see.
Doug this has been posted about a 1000 times already.
I realize that libertarians don’t like any age limits for drugs and sex and crap, but they are all insane.
The people who want to keep raising the age limit should at least agree to have shot gun weddings instead of murdering the babies.
And i don,t know if these people are libertarians, Conservatives or Liberal but what ever they are they are law crazy as long as it is always some one else who pays.
The only reason they do not want their daughters to marry is that they do not want a son in law who might be a different color and a bunch of half breed grand children to raise, so just pass an age limit and let the Government, the tax payers pay for it.
18 is the best age to draw the line as an adult.
Know of any 14 year olds with full time jobs supporting a family?
Or if she has a baby and they refuse to let her marry it is up to them to take care of it. if they don,t like either option then they should make sure she just has sex with men who are sterile, it is already too late to see that she abstains.
I don,t know of any 14 year old girls supporting a family except for prostituting.
If the kid is old enough for sex they are old enough to take care of themselves.
Why should parents pay for her birth control when they oughtta kick her out of the house since she is an adult in your eyes?
Any adult who sees a 14 year old as a sex object has a screw loose.
No its not. The idea that people cannot strop having sex is retarded and if its a child patently perverted.
No its not. The idea that people cannot strop having sex is retarded and if its a child patently perverted.
Of course i would not think of doing that, well....
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