'It was forced on me': Child marriage in the US

New York Times via SFGate.com ^ | Published 11:30 am, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 | Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

[thecodont]

When she was a scrawny 11-year-old, Sherry Johnson found out one day that she was about to be married to a 20-year-old member of her church who had raped her.

“It was forced on me,” she recalls. She had become pregnant, she says, and child welfare authorities were investigating — so her family and church officials decided the simplest way to avoid a messy criminal case was to organize a wedding.

“My mom asked me if I wanted to get married, and I said, ‘I don’t know, what is marriage, how do I act like a wife?'” Johnson remembers today, many years later. “She said, ‘Well, I guess you’re just going to get married.'”

[thecodont]

Article mentions child marriage in Christian and Jewish communities. No mention of Muslims. Wonder what prompted this article to be reported.

[stockpirate]

Very few 11 year olds can conceive.

I call fake news never happened, county clerk would not have issied a lic..

[Seruzawa]

Deflection. “They do it too!”

Two wrongs make a right. /s

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Remember that child marriage is linked to global warming, according to Chelsea Clinton.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Ok in red states?

[Fiddlstix]

Hoax

[Drew68]

Deflection. “They do it too!” Two wrongs make a right. /s

Exactly. Kristof is trying to establish a few solid cases of Christian girls who were child brides 40 years ago so that when Muslims start doing it now, conservatives can't point fingers.

[Tennessee Nana]

Utah ???

[ConservativeMind]

11 year olds most definitely can conceive. They just need a period, and plenty have them by then.

[ConservativeMind]

Girls are considered “normal” if their periods start at age 8.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation

[Lurkinanloomin]

The Ministry of propaganda had to go looking for fringe churches to justify common practice in Islam.

[Bigg Red]

Also, the conversation she supposedly had with her mother does not sound believable.

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[JudgemAll]

My Cuban buddy in the 90s in NYC had muslim neighbors, and since he looked muslims they all thought he were so. One day he finds his neighbor’s 9 year old girl in glitter slipping inside behind him to sit on his sofa offering herself for marriage.

He gently took her out and shook his head.

This sht is day in day out in their no go zones. Media is silent

[thecodont]

The Ministry of propaganda had to go looking for fringe churches to justify common practice in Islam.

I think that's the core of the matter.

[BBell]

Very enlightening. I had no idea that this was going on legally in this country.

[wyowolf]

Are you saying she is lying??? And people on this site think only muzzie scum does that.

[the_daug]

Chronological age is arbitrary to physical development. Some of my great grand mothers were child brides by standards here and grand fathers statutory rapist. They remained married till death though.

[FreedomPoster]

First thing that came to mind for me.

[Nifster]

Or Mormon...but I guess they are considered Christian