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Re:New report calls for end to child marriage in the US by dragonwriter on Monday November 24, 2025 @05:31PM (#46040173)
IIRC, most child (under 18, at least; 18-21 is a problem with the trusted to drink standard) marriage laws in the US agree that the child can’t be trusted on this, so they trust the child’s parents.

(This is very much not an endorsement of those laws or that approach.)

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Re:New report calls for end to child marriage in the US by atmavatar on Monday November 24, 2025 @06:29PM (#46040663)
It's just as gross and wrong that we allow parents to marry off their children to an adult as it is that we allow the marriage to take place at all. It's effectively the same as selling children into sexual slavery.
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