It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: WhiteHat
My dad , an american man, married a 14 year old when he was 24. He was an alabama farmer at the time.
I'm against it and my father was not a good man.
Just reminding everyone that this stuff isn't just happening in places with sheria law.
originally posted by: tadaman
a reply to: ManFromEurope
What the hell are you talking about?
LoL.
Stop actually allowing adults to marry little girls. That's how it works. Everything you said is made up movie land nonsense. Caricature stereotypes.
We don't actually allow child marriage here. In real life.
The BGH stated that the husband's relationship with his wife depended on the effectiveness of the marriage in Syria. This is opposed by the statutory general ban on child marriages, in which the minor is younger than 16 years old. The Federal Constitutional Court should therefore examine whether the effectiveness of child marriage should not be better assessed on a case-by-case basis. Otherwise, the protection of marriage and family as enshrined in the Basic Law, but also the principle of equal treatment, could be violated.
originally posted by: tadaman
a reply to: ManFromEurope
What the hell are you talking about?
LoL.
Stop actually allowing adults to marry little girls. That's how it works. Everything you said is made up movie land nonsense. Caricature stereotypes.
We don't actually allow child marriage here. In real life.
originally posted by: FilthyUSMonkey
originally posted by: tadaman
a reply to: ManFromEurope
What the hell are you talking about?
LoL.
Stop actually allowing adults to marry little girls. That's how it works. Everything you said is made up movie land nonsense. Caricature stereotypes.
We don't actually allow child marriage here. In real life.
With all due respect:
Sorry to point this out, but the US does allow child marriage (if you are from the US). The current limit is 14. I am personally against anyone under 18 getting married. However, I don't like to see facts distorted.
Please see my sources posed above. II don't want to be redundant.
Yesterday, 19-year-old Cassandra Levesque celebrated a huge victory for both common sense and her two-year campaign to raise the legal marriage age in New Hampshire. At one time, the state allowed very young women and men to marry at ages 13 and 14, respectively (we guess the disparity acknowledged that girls mature a little faster?) with the permission of a judge. But local news outlet Union Leader now reports that thanks to Gov. Chris Sununu's signature on HB 1587, the legal age of marriage has officially changed to 16 for both genders with permission from a judge, and to 18 generally.
Child marriage in the United States refers to a marriage in the United States where at least one party is under the age of 18.[1]
Between 2000 and 2015, over 200,000 minors were legally married in the United States.[2] The vast majority of child marriages were between a child and an adult.[3][2] The majority of married children were girls.[2]
As of October 2018, 48 out of 50 U.S. states have exceptions in their laws which allow children to marry (In 2018, Delaware[4] and New Jersey[5] became the first two states to completely ban child marriage). Of the 48 states which allow child marriage, 18 have no minimum age for minors to marry, under certain conditions[6][7], while 32 have a minimum age (ranging from 14 to 17). In addition, the District of Columbia and several US territories (such as Puerto Rico) allow children to marry.[8]
Since 2016, several states have raised their minimum age for minors to marry, or added a minimum age when they previously did not have one.[9]
In many cases, minors in the US are married when they are under the age of sexual consent in their area (which ranges from 16 to 18).[10] In some areas minors cannot legally divorce, leave their spouse, or enter a shelter to escape abuse.[11][12] In 2010 in Tennessee, three 10-year-old girls were married to men aged 24-31.[3] Meanwhile in Alabama, a 74-year-old man married a 14-year-old girl.[2] Both states have since set minimum ages, of 17[13] and 16
originally posted by: tadaman
a reply to: FilthyUSMonkey
You are right. I was going to edit "state" to say country but left it all since technically my state, NY has a limit of 17.
Generally speaking, its frowned upon here. Most states don't allow underage marriage.
But you are right. We do have some holdovers from the 12th century.
Our saving grace is that the federal government isn't trying to nationally legalize what a minority do in their communities.
originally posted by: MisterSpock
"The pair, cousins, were married in February 2015 while the man was aged 21 and the girl aged only 14 in a marriage procedure that was done under sharia legally in Syria but was considered invalid by German authorities where the marriage age was 16 at the time."
Wow, but hey, don't judge other cultures...all equal and whatnot.
It seems the human race has splintered, into those progressing forward and those standing still(or going backwards).
originally posted by: FormOfTheLord
Why isnt this thread in the hoax bin?
I believe posters have already proven that you cannot marry children in Germany.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: WhiteHat
Not surprised.
I only wonder when Germany will find it legal to toss gays off of rooftops.