Tapate50
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Lol- this got me
Some Red State/Blue State Indicia
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Lol- this got me
Tapate50
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California now home to 30% of the US homelessness population?
Should probably elect more Dems.
https://www.ppic.org/blog/homeless-...2, 30% of,of the nation's homeless population.
Should probably elect more Dems.
https://www.ppic.org/blog/homeless-...2, 30% of,of the nation's homeless population.
sturg33
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Yes I have a question.
Do you believe these people should be rounded up and arrested?
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nsacpi
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nsacpi
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CHARLESTON —The House of Delegates on Wednesday signed off on a bill that would raise the state’s minimum marrying age to 18 regardless of parental or guardian consent or a judge’s permission.
West Virginia has the highest rate of child marriage in the country.
The state’s current law allows a 16 year old to get married with parental consent. If the person is under the age of 16, a judge can sign off on the marriage.
Data from the health department showed girls as young as 14 have entered into marriages in the last decade.
https://www.timeswv.com/news/west_v...cle_a7b659bc-b929-11ed-8822-b765bc3d8626.html
I commend the West Virginia House of Delegates for passing this. Hopefully, it becomes law.
West Virginia has the highest rate of child marriage in the country.
The state’s current law allows a 16 year old to get married with parental consent. If the person is under the age of 16, a judge can sign off on the marriage.
Data from the health department showed girls as young as 14 have entered into marriages in the last decade.
https://www.timeswv.com/news/west_v...cle_a7b659bc-b929-11ed-8822-b765bc3d8626.html
I commend the West Virginia House of Delegates for passing this. Hopefully, it becomes law.
nsacpi
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West Virginia’s high child poverty rate (one of the country’s highest), educational shortcomings and largely rural landscape contribute to the vulnerability of girls who end up in marriages often in search of security.
A few months ago, Carisa Collins, a mother who lives in Monongalia County, learned from social media that child marriage was most common in West Virginia compared to other states.
“I just sat there and stared at that statistic, and my heart sank,” she said.
She requested detailed data from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources about the issue, and she shared the data with The Register Herald.
“It’s not just an 18- and 17-year-old getting married. There are 14-, 15- and 16-year-olds getting married to adults 24 and older,” Collins, 34, said. “It just churned my stomach.”
The data also showed that in McDowell and Roane counties, one out of every 50 marriages from 2012 to 2021 involved an underage partner, Collins said.
A few months ago, Carisa Collins, a mother who lives in Monongalia County, learned from social media that child marriage was most common in West Virginia compared to other states.
“I just sat there and stared at that statistic, and my heart sank,” she said.
She requested detailed data from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources about the issue, and she shared the data with The Register Herald.
“It’s not just an 18- and 17-year-old getting married. There are 14-, 15- and 16-year-olds getting married to adults 24 and older,” Collins, 34, said. “It just churned my stomach.”
The data also showed that in McDowell and Roane counties, one out of every 50 marriages from 2012 to 2021 involved an underage partner, Collins said.
nsacpi
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Outcomes for child marriage aren’t great, particularly for women: child brides in the U.S. are 50 percent more likely to drop out of high school and much more likely to end up in poverty. The girls are at an increased risk for psychiatric disorders, and the marriages are likely to end in divorce.
Child marriage also can act as a legal shield for sexual assault. Under current state law, sexual assault is not prosecuted as a crime if the victim is married to the perpetrator, Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia State Coordinator Jim McKay explained. State lawmakers have tried and failed in the past to pass a bill that would have removed the marriage loophole from sexual assault law.
Child marriage also can act as a legal shield for sexual assault. Under current state law, sexual assault is not prosecuted as a crime if the victim is married to the perpetrator, Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia State Coordinator Jim McKay explained. State lawmakers have tried and failed in the past to pass a bill that would have removed the marriage loophole from sexual assault law.
nsacpi
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we're all defined by the things we say are our highest priorities
i would say mine is reduction of the poverty that stunts the lives of so many children and prevents them from having a real chance for productive and happy lives
we had a program in place in 2021 that made a very big dent in childhood poverty...sadly it was allowed to expire at the end of 2021
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sturg33
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Bumping because, per usual, this topic was ignored
sturg33
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A great starting point here would be to be born in a household with a mom and a dad, whose political ideologies are not liberal at all
nsacpi
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maybe we can give each infant a voucher for a pair of sturg-approved parents...sounds a tad dystopian to me but hey why not
Tapate50
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What constitutes a child bride? Age?
Odd you are against child marriage (a two party decision)
But are decidedly for the ability for a 12 year old to chop her breasts off and make her vagina a mongrel penis.
Stretch before you get into these precarious positions at your age.
Odd you are against child marriage (a two party decision)
But are decidedly for the ability for a 12 year old to chop her breasts off and make her vagina a mongrel penis.
Stretch before you get into these precarious positions at your age.