Woman urges NC lawmakers to end child marriage (Guess why it's running into opposition)

[Nevilledog]

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Danielle Battaglia
@dani__battaglia
Bill sponsors have said they're struggling to end child marriage in NC because of the number of lawmakers who married a teenager, married as a teen or knows someone else who did: https://newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article253153718.html… #ncpol #ncga

Woman urges NC lawmakers to end child marriage: For her it was a ‘life sentence’
North Carolina laws allowed a 15-year-old pregnant girl to be forced to marry the father of her baby. Now she’s breaking her silence on years of abuse to stop it from happening to others.
newsobserver.com
11:30 AM · Aug 2, 2021

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article253153718.html

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If North Carolina had banned child marriages, she said, it could have prevented abuse and control that she’s still trying to escape after leaving her marriage of 17 years.

But before her story became public lawmakers balked, making her wonder if telling her story was worth the pain of reliving the experience.

Sen. Danny Britt, a Lumberton Republican, said his colleagues have told him they support the intent behind the original bill draft, which would have banned all child marriages, but couldn’t vote to pass it because they either married as minors, married a minor or know someone who married as a minor.

At one point, it looked like the best legislators would do for the state’s teenagers was to bring the law in line with the state’s statutory rape laws and allow 14- to 17-year-olds only to marry someone less than four years older.

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[LanternWaste]

1. So in effect, the opposition is stating "I can't vote for this just law, else I'm a hypocrite."

In effect, that is; I certainly don't see the GOP ever making a forthright and explicit admission when the opportunity to continue cowering behind implication exists... even at the expense of forcing a 15 year old to marry.

Damn... I can only imagine how ethically convenient it must be to join the GOP.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Funny what they choose to be hypocritical about sometimes...

[JanMichael]

2. Wow. I don't think I could do what she did.

That is human power and almost inhuman strength on display. 7 kids and made totally dependent from 15 years old, then a 7 year transformation with a two state legal licenses? Damn.

I am a white 50 something straight or CIS male and gawd I cannot stand how men have subjugated women in modern times going back to the first hunter/gatherers.

It is embarrassing.

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[Solly Mack]

3. SMH

[crickets]

5. No words. nt

[Duppers]

6. Red_____