Posted on 07/23/2021 6:44:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
New Yorkers under 18 will not be able to get married soon, even if they have permission from parents.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Thursday that raises the age of consent to 18.
A previous bill targeting child marriage, signed by Cuomo in 2017, raised the age of consent from 14 to 18 and barred anyone under 17 from getting married.
Seventeen-year-olds were still able to get married with consent from parents and a judge. The new measure ends that exception.
“Any marriage in which either party is under the age of eighteen years is hereby prohibited,” the bill states, replacing 17 with 18.
“This administration fought hard to successfully end child marriage in New York and I’m proud to sign this legislation to strengthen our laws and further protect vulnerable children from exploitation,” Cuomo, a Democrat, said in a statement. “Children should be allowed to live their childhood and I thank the many legislators and advocates who worked diligently to advance this measure and further prevent forced marriages in this state.”
State Sen. Julia Salazar, a Democrat who co-sponsored the bill, said that minors, no matter how mature, “lack sufficient legal rights and autonomy that they need to protect them if they enter a marriage contract before becoming adults.”
“The vast majority of minors who enter a marriage are teenage girls, and getting married before adulthood often has devastating consequences for them,” she said.
The measure will go into effect 30 days from the signing.
For those who don't know, the age of consent in New York State is 17.
Wait a minute: This is coming from Andrew Cuomo, the serial sex abuser? Who of course got away with that just like the elderly mass murder.
RE: This is coming from Andrew Cuomo, the serial sex abuser?
One of His defenses will probably be that he never abused a minor.
A certain religion will not like taking away their child brides.
I’m not sure I see the reason NY would raise it to eighteen from seventeen with safe guards
Do they have any AMISH in New York state? And I mean the real Amish.
Not endorsing Cuomo's decree. Just pointing out that each successive generation have become more teeny-bopper and adolescent than previous generations.
Boo to marriage, but let them have abortions, puberty blockers, and more!
Sorry, this is a sick country on its way out.
So they’ll just have sex without any commitment ...
They can’t get married but they can decide to change their sex at an even younger age and parents are not allowed to stop that! Perverted asshats!
Yes. And the Amish communities are growing
This will revive the old tradition of couples eloping to a state with looser requirements. There used to be a state on the East Coast that was popular—was it Maryland?
Miami, Oklahoma used to have a thriving elopement business. One day processing.
I’ve seen some 30-40 year olds around here that may pass as 12 year olds (mentally).
Abortion is THE sacrament.
So...they go to Las Vegas to get married and the State of New York has to recognize it.
This isn’t going to help him in the ‘gay community’.
Anticipate court challenges on “religious grounds”.
That’s if he even HAS to defend himself. Isn’t amazing how all of this has been brushed under the rug? All there women who came forward claiming sexual abuse and we never heard anything from them again.
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