UPDATED: Tennessee GOP kill bill to ban child marriage
Last edited Thu Mar 8, 2018, 03:21 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: The Hill
BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 03/08/18 10:28 AM EST
State House Republicans in Tennessee on Wednesday effectively killed a bill to ban child marriages in an effort to bolster a conservative lawyers case against the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage.
The bill called for the state to ban marriages where one of the parties is under 18 years old.
House Majority Leader Glen Casada (R) was convinced to send the bill to summer study in the House Civil Justice Subcommittee after an email from attorney David Fowler, a former state senator, The Tennessean reported on Wednesday.
Summer study is a place where bills often die before they return for debate, effectively killing the bills chances to be passed.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/377367-tennessee-gop-kill-ban-on-child-marriage
UPDATE:
Tennessee lawmakers give OK to child marriage as insult to loving gay couples
By Bil Browning · Thursday, March 8, 2018
Tennessee lawmakers have decided against changing the states marriage laws to outlaw child marriage, because the head of the family values group Family Action Council of Tennessee wants to sue to try to overturn marriage equality.
The bill, sponsored by Democrats in both chambers of the state legislature, would raise the age for marriage to 18. A current loophole allows a judge to grant a marriage license to a minor no matter how young they are.
Advocates have cited marriages involving girls as young as ten years old in the state.
Legislators in Kentucky have also dragged their feet to outlaw child marriages in the past few weeks at the urging of the religious organization Kentucky Family Foundation. A vote on similar legislation to the Tennessee bill was delayed for the second time hours before legislators were expected to vote on it.
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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/03/tennessee-lawmakers-give-ok-child-marriage-insult-loving-gay-couples/
moriah
(8,311 posts)Not your fault for reporting it... just...
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)It's pretty disgusting.
moriah
(8,311 posts)That they are more concerned about gay marriage than protecting children from legalized rape.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)"killed"
christx30
(6,241 posts)They're willing to sell children off to underage marriage to bolster their hate.
Such good Christians.
bluestarone
(16,926 posts)True blue religious right way to think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go assholes
Ohiogal
(31,989 posts)How anyone thinks that banning child marriage is a bad thing and must be stopped! Why??
sandensea
(21,627 posts)'Married' in GOPese, means to any girl under 15 (preferably one with connected parents).