TheJims@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoGOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’www.nj.comexternal-linkmessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1848cross-posted to: conservative@lemm.ee
arrow-up1848external-linkGOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’www.nj.comTheJims@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square134fedilinkcross-posted to: conservative@lemm.ee
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThere is a defense for these laws! Which makes it doubly fucked up that I’ve never once heard a Republican utter it. (Among other issues, marriage wipes out many legal complications of inheritance.)
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoSo does adoption. And properly managed wills, trusts, and estates.
There is a defense for these laws! Which makes it doubly fucked up that I’ve never once heard a Republican utter it.
(Among other issues, marriage wipes out many legal complications of inheritance.)
So does adoption. And properly managed wills, trusts, and estates.