Merlu@lemmy.ml to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoMissouri legislature votes to ban child marriage, raising age to 18www.stlpr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkMissouri legislature votes to ban child marriage, raising age to 18www.stlpr.orgMerlu@lemmy.ml to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTaalnazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 days agoShower thought: maybe there should be an age / 2 + 7 law for marriage, with the minimum age of the youngest involved in the marriage being 18. Then you don’t get any of that 50 yo people marrying 18 year olds anymore. Instead, those would have to look at 32 years.
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWell, that’s just a rule of general not-being-a-creep. I think a better law is: No one can consent to marriage (or sex) for someone else, ever, including parents.
minus-squareTheDoozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIt seems pretty obvious: if you can’t sign a legally binding contract, you can’t sign a marriage contract.
Shower thought: maybe there should be an age / 2 + 7 law for marriage, with the minimum age of the youngest involved in the marriage being 18.
Then you don’t get any of that 50 yo people marrying 18 year olds anymore. Instead, those would have to look at 32 years.
Well, that’s just a rule of general not-being-a-creep. I think a better law is: No one can consent to marriage (or sex) for someone else, ever, including parents.
It seems pretty obvious: if you can’t sign a legally binding contract, you can’t sign a marriage contract.