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“Mormons and conservative Protestants are the earliest to marry, followed by mainline Protestants and Catholics, “

From 2014.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4096940/

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I’m sick!!!!🤢 🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬

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OMG! I am stunned by this news. And outraged. I had known about deep southern states marrying children but I thought, without knowing, that it was outlawed. OMG!

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This is so sick! I had not idea this was happening

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There’s nothing Conservative, Christian or Republican to this absurdity. It’s plain hypocrisy and perverted.

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Well, the anti-choice hardline makes so much sense now - can’t reduce their dating pool.

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OMG! I had no idea! This one will be added to my "Why I hate Republicans" tab.

How does this even happen legally. Shameful

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And, when they get pregnant, at 12, they will damned-well carry that baby to full-term and LIKE IT!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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The Republicans love it, almost as much as they love slavery.

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Religions favor child marriage because it is believed that it's about preventing sin. Christians and Muslims believe sex outside of marriage is a serious sin, thus "shotgun weddings" are often arranged between teenagers who were caught fooling around, both before and after there was a pregnancy. The phony morality and hypocrisy persist in conservative parts of the country, namely red states. Poverty is also a factor - parents may literally sell off a female child to a wealthy "bridegroom" to satisfy a debt. There are places in rural America where this stuff happens, but it's not a big priority although it should be. There's certainly no shortage of ignorance in America.

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This was mind blowing

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How is this even possible? Is there nothing we can all agree on that is totally wrong?

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This is the world we live in. We have so much work to do.

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I had no idea it was so widespread. Imagine what that child’s life is like. Utter horror every minute of every day.

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I'm so glad Michigan took care of this. We have the best government leads just now; all three strong women end their terms in next years midterm.

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Qasim, I read an article years ago, poor families sell their daughters for money to live💔

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Ugh...horrific and mortifying. Child trafficking is a special form of evil.

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Sorry, a bit tired,I was referring to child marriage then the child described how she had to work hard (like a slave) like most women told what to do, bc of their upbringing to obey. Horrible

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Qasim, have the Arab nations met or phoned DT about the Palestinians before Sat, I’m terrified for them bc of Hamas and Netanyahu. 🙏

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