It didn't make them "legal", 5 robes took it upon themselves to redefine something we've all known it to be, the union between man and woman.
"Leatherwood's bill comes after Florida passed the Parental Rights Act - which has been dubbed the 'Don't Say Gay' bill - which Republicans are using to ban the discussion of sex and gender in the classroom. Republicans have increasingly claimed that liberals advocating to strike down the bill are 'grooming' and 'sexualizing' children by indoctrinating them. "
False comparison much?
I understand that 17 law tragically kept him and his sister apart for near a decade
Republicans never miss an opportunity to screw up their position. Was the marriage law that bad that it needed “fixing?”
Prepare for the Afghan influx.
Not sure what he’s getting at here.
There’s so much sloppy journalism these days and editors don’t seem to read the headlines at all. The writer who used an apostrophe to pluralize “couples”should be summarily shot, and his editor flogged within an inch of his life. Among we grammar nazis there’s no greater offense.
Today's kids clearly are not the same as kids from even the 1980s. We have become a nation of adolescents.
I’m surprised the Democrats oppose this, as it is the natural consequence of their encouragement of pedophilia.
Guys a kook. Won’t go anywhere. Local talk radio slamming him.
If that change in the law makes it okay for a priest/pastor to perform a common-law marriage between a man and woman as an alternative form of marriage, because they object to a licensed marriage which can also be performed for same sex couples-then I say hell yeah-the LGBT bunch wanted licensed marriage for same sex couples and got it over the objections of most normal people-so let common law marriage between only a man and woman be a form of protest by normal people-it is about time...
Texas has had common law marriage for a couple of centuries or so-my 1st hubby and I had one for 5 years before we finally got a license-we did not believe that the state should sell licenses or regulate marriage-that is for the church to do, but due to parental pleading-they wanted us to have a big wedding and reception, so we did-we did get a lot of great stuff for our house...
I disagree that “teens” are too young and fragile to marry-or assume other adult responsibilities at 16-17-it depends on the family they grew up in whether they are able to or not-kids are being coddled and spoiled far beyond the age they should be personally responsible-I think that is 16 for most-certainly by 17. I assumed adult responsibilities at age 16-not unusual in my family, even now-went to live with someone who was 19 and in college-I had a cub, etc-it didn’t work out well, but that was not due to either of us being irresponsible, not paying our bills, etc-his whole family were liberals from Miami-he did not want to be in a relationship or be a dad-he went back to Florida, never did much, died young of morbid obesity ...
Jerry Lee Lewis marries 13 year old in Mississippi
This article is moot. The bill has already been amended by the original author to set the age limit at 18.
But... what about cases like a 16 year old girl is with child with her 17 year old boyfriend? Does the current law prevent marriage in that case assuming all parties are willing?
I'm no fool, I know teen marriage nowadays is not the ideal option, but it does beat teen abortion.
Times are different, I know that. But not-close family members both came "with child" in high school, and both married the fathers. One marriage ended in divorce, and the other was death-til-us-part after 40 years. The odds are about the same for any marriage statistically.
I don't know what I think about the cases I describe - but neither are a 15 year old marrying a 30 year old either.
Child brides will be next