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RI governor poised to sign ban on marriage under age 18
Posted by: p8712
Date: June 05, 2021 04:22PM
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The ban was sparked, in part, by a New Jersey-based advocacy group calling itself "Unchained At Last" — and the horror stories of forced marriages that Rhode Island lawmakers heard from women in other states as far away as California. The arguments struck a chord among child advocates in Rhode Island.
"My father introduced me to my husband-to-be one morning, and I was told I would marry him that night. That man was thirteen years my senior, 28 years old ... I was taken out of the country, raped daily and impregnated almost immediately," Sara Tasneem of El Sobrante, California, wrote R.I lawmakers.
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Date: June 05, 2021 04:26PM
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Posted by: p8712
Date: June 05, 2021 04:29PM
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Posted by: pdq
Date: June 05, 2021 04:33PM
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Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: June 05, 2021 07:52PM
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Posted by: Ted King
Date: June 05, 2021 08:19PM
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Posted by: Speedy
Date: June 05, 2021 09:31PM
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Posted by: p8712
Date: June 05, 2021 09:43PM
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Posted by: Rolando
Date: June 05, 2021 11:04PM
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Posted by: Speedy
Date: June 05, 2021 11:49PM
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Rolando
OTOH...
Why Are So Many Indian Arranged Marriages Successful?
The upsides of relinquishing choice, deciding quickly, & lowering expectations.
[www.psychologytoday.com]
Marriage, then love — Why arranged marriages still work today
[globalnews.ca]
This really puts into question the actual goal of marriage!
Re: RI governor poised to sign ban on marriage under age 18
Posted by: Acer
Date: June 06, 2021 12:09AM
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Posted by: Carnos Jax
Date: June 06, 2021 12:40AM
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Acer
Romantic marriages fail at the rate of 42% so that's not the greatest endorsement.
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Date: June 06, 2021 12:37PM
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Date: June 06, 2021 12:46PM
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Date: June 06, 2021 12:55PM
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Date: June 06, 2021 06:35PM
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Date: June 06, 2021 09:08PM
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Date: June 06, 2021 10:47PM
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Posted by: pdq
Date: June 07, 2021 09:38AM
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