Child Marriage in the US
By Jessica
@JESSY3236 (19912)
United States
November 20, 2015 7:05am CST
I found this article (below) through my Twitter feed last week. I thought it was interesting.
In the article it talks about child marriage being in the U.S. It says there were 3,499 children marriages in the years 1995 through 2012. It mentions some of them were 16 and 17 years getting married; probably those were ones who had gotten pregnant that their parents suggested for them to get married.
Here is the article:
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
24 Nov 15
The legal age here to get married is 18 . But there are also marriages amongst those who are 16 years and below because their tradition allows it. But it is disturbing if a child is forced to marry an adult which unfortunately happens here also, it's just that it's not known to authority..
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
20 Nov 15
I think you need to be old enough to understand what you are doing. I think sixteen years old is way to early.
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@shellyjaneo (1081)
• United Kingdom
20 Nov 15
I the UK the legal age for marriage is 16 with parental consent or 18 without. I don't think there are many that get married that young though, in Scotland it is 16 even without parental consent x
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