> In 1995, Fraidy Reiss was forced into a marriage by her Orthodox Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. Reiss was just 19 at the time.
The essay includes exactly one anecdote of child marriage ... which isn't child marriage by its own definition. If age 18 isn't old enough for consent, what is? Forced marriage isn't legal anywhere in the US.
> When challenged by Rep. Peter Merideth in April 2023 on arguments related to transgender youth, Moon defended his 2018 stance on child marriage in which he opposed legislation that raised the marriage age from 15 to 16, and requires parental consent for older teenagers to marry.
> After his comments went viral, Moon claimed he did not have enough time to explain his vote and that he does not support adults marrying children. Moon's argument in defense of child marriage in both 2018 and 2023 are an anecdote about a couple he met in college who married at age 12 as a result of pregnancy and are "still married."
> In April 2024 and again in March 2025, Moon cast the sole senate vote against legislation intended to completely ban child marriage in Missouri.
Oh, well if a single instance of someone getting married as a child didn't end in divorce, then it must be a great practice. Because we all know that no abusive relationship has ever persisted because divorce was taboo. By all means, let's keep letting little kids get married before their minds are fully developed and let's keep letting creepy adults have a severe power imbalance over them.
oof, talk about not reading the room. In the current day, political attention on this topic would likely result in making such marriages easier to coerce, lowering the age of consent, adding exceptions to statutory rape for religious leaders or when the president says it's okay just don't tell your parents, etc. Vice signalling is in.
From the perspective of someone who's not married but who has been denied marriage most of my life. If I were married when I was younger then I would've avoided sex before marriage and a lot of soul-destroying traps such as pornography, and other terrible vices such as vaping, excessive alcohol. I probably would've made it through university with far better grades without wasting years of my life through depression and filling the void with things that are not good. Take away the good and false substitutes fill the void. If I were married when I was younger then I would've been able to share life with someone where we could just will the good for each other unconditionally and not spend excessively on what the world says you need in order to be "successful" in order to "get a wife, say". There is reasonable protocol when it comes to marriage. You typically consult the parents of the other party in order to get their approval. So, yes, it makes sense that a person should be able to at the very least "propose to their wife when they are young". Then the husband prepares to have a wife, and he has purpose in his work. Getting married young doesn't mean having children young. Marriage is very good when done in good faith. For Christians this is the way to do having a partner, and it's a holy and sacred covenant and done in the fear of God. Christians are meant to be policing themselves to keep a good conscience with God. People should be allowed to get married young before they are exposed to the evil in the world which is being shoved down everyone's throats. If people think that having sex young is OK then people should be allowed to get married young. The people who say sex young is OK but marriage not are sinful, and not everyone wants to be sinful. Some people want to have the freedom in order to live in a holy way. You don't take the good away and leave the bad. You wanna ban marriage according to some arbitrary age for everyone, then don't be a hypocrite and ban sex according to the same arbitrary age for everyone. But don't make marriage out to be a bad thing. It's not inherently a bad thing. It's a very good thing. Just because there are a few bad eggs out there in the batch, you don't ban the whole thing for everyone.
Marriage was instituted by God when people were created. The Bible says that in the last days people will deny marriage.
When I read this article, I see it as using a strawman argument to attack something which God has put in place.
From the perspective of someone who's not married but who has been denied marriage most of my life. If I were married (or betrothed) when I was younger then I think I would most certainly have avoided sex before marriage and a lot of soul-destroying traps such as pornography, and other terrible vices such as vaping, excessive alcohol.
If having a job or having lots of money, or having a house, becomes a prerequisite to getting married then:
- the rich take all the the woman (like in Braveheart, the noblemen having sex with the peasant's wives)
- anyone who gives their money to the needy in obedience to Jesus, i.e. the good Samaritan is unqualified to take a wife, when he's actually the most qualified and will care best for the person out of love
- robots with increasing rights and less regulation will be taking "wives" (that is abomination by the way) before even human beings can and giving them more rights than human beings is plain evil to be honest.
Marriage was instituted by God when people were created. The Bible says that in the last days people will deny marriage.
When I read this article, I see it as using a straw man fallacy in their argument to attack the effectiveness of the institution of marriage which God has put in place which is inherently a good institution.
Marriage is when you begin your own family. Young betrothal seems like a very correct and good practice because a guy can then think about how he is going to take care of this person, and prepare for that, perhaps go out and get a job, or whatever that preparation looks like and that gives so much meaning and purpose to what they're doing. So if he's going through college, sorting himself out, it's done knowing that there's someone to take care of, someone who is very special to them. It's very motivating and they're going to avoid many pitfalls that people often go through during college years. How many problems would be solved if young people were able to have hope, and joy, and faithfulness and security in even one of their relationships while living on this earth, and for that relationship to have started before they were exposed to the evils in the world?
I probably would've made it through university with far better grades without wasting years of my life through depression and filling the void with things that are not good. Take away the good and false substitutes fill the void. If I were married when I was younger then I would've been able to share life with someone where we could just will the good for each other unconditionally and not spend excessively on what the world says you need in order to be "successful" in order to "attract a wife" or be "eligible" to take a wife, say.
If you were to pick one food to eat for the rest of your life what would it be? If you were to choose one person to marry and be in covenant with for the rest of your life who would it be? Obviously, someone that you would want to be around for that long. Now if some woke person came along and said, '"that's outside of the range of the typical age gap", you must be a rapist' or something like that, that's just a blind assumption. That's how marriage gets attacked these days.
There is reasonable protocol when it comes to marriage, and it's going to automatically deal with lots of issues such as whether someone is too young to marry. You typically consult the parents of the other party in order to get their approval. So, yes, it makes sense that a person should be able to at the very least "propose to their potential future wife when they are young".
A young couple should be allowed to marry, or at the very least be betrothed to get married, before 18 even, in my opinion. But the husband has to get permission from the parents of the woman, or a guardian, say. That helps solve problems like if they're too young, etc.
You don't need marriage to have kids,you don't need marriage to love another person, you don't need marriage to live with a partner and you don't need marriage to have a fulfilling social life.
The purpose of marriage is economic, so it's not necessary to achieve anything social.
It is useful when you want protect your partner and kids from sudden death or disability, which should come AFTER the love/social part.
I am not married, I have 2 kids, been with my "wife" (partner?) for 15 years.
In Canada we are considered like married though, economically speaking.
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The essay includes exactly one anecdote of child marriage ... which isn't child marriage by its own definition. If age 18 isn't old enough for consent, what is? Forced marriage isn't legal anywhere in the US.
> After his comments went viral, Moon claimed he did not have enough time to explain his vote and that he does not support adults marrying children. Moon's argument in defense of child marriage in both 2018 and 2023 are an anecdote about a couple he met in college who married at age 12 as a result of pregnancy and are "still married."
> In April 2024 and again in March 2025, Moon cast the sole senate vote against legislation intended to completely ban child marriage in Missouri.
Oh, well if a single instance of someone getting married as a child didn't end in divorce, then it must be a great practice. Because we all know that no abusive relationship has ever persisted because divorce was taboo. By all means, let's keep letting little kids get married before their minds are fully developed and let's keep letting creepy adults have a severe power imbalance over them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Moon_(politician)#Child_m...
Marriage was instituted by God when people were created. The Bible says that in the last days people will deny marriage.
When I read this article, I see it as using a strawman argument to attack something which God has put in place.
From the perspective of someone who's not married but who has been denied marriage most of my life. If I were married (or betrothed) when I was younger then I think I would most certainly have avoided sex before marriage and a lot of soul-destroying traps such as pornography, and other terrible vices such as vaping, excessive alcohol.
If having a job or having lots of money, or having a house, becomes a prerequisite to getting married then: - the rich take all the the woman (like in Braveheart, the noblemen having sex with the peasant's wives) - anyone who gives their money to the needy in obedience to Jesus, i.e. the good Samaritan is unqualified to take a wife, when he's actually the most qualified and will care best for the person out of love - robots with increasing rights and less regulation will be taking "wives" (that is abomination by the way) before even human beings can and giving them more rights than human beings is plain evil to be honest.
Marriage was instituted by God when people were created. The Bible says that in the last days people will deny marriage.
When I read this article, I see it as using a straw man fallacy in their argument to attack the effectiveness of the institution of marriage which God has put in place which is inherently a good institution.
Marriage is when you begin your own family. Young betrothal seems like a very correct and good practice because a guy can then think about how he is going to take care of this person, and prepare for that, perhaps go out and get a job, or whatever that preparation looks like and that gives so much meaning and purpose to what they're doing. So if he's going through college, sorting himself out, it's done knowing that there's someone to take care of, someone who is very special to them. It's very motivating and they're going to avoid many pitfalls that people often go through during college years. How many problems would be solved if young people were able to have hope, and joy, and faithfulness and security in even one of their relationships while living on this earth, and for that relationship to have started before they were exposed to the evils in the world?
I probably would've made it through university with far better grades without wasting years of my life through depression and filling the void with things that are not good. Take away the good and false substitutes fill the void. If I were married when I was younger then I would've been able to share life with someone where we could just will the good for each other unconditionally and not spend excessively on what the world says you need in order to be "successful" in order to "attract a wife" or be "eligible" to take a wife, say.
If you were to pick one food to eat for the rest of your life what would it be? If you were to choose one person to marry and be in covenant with for the rest of your life who would it be? Obviously, someone that you would want to be around for that long. Now if some woke person came along and said, '"that's outside of the range of the typical age gap", you must be a rapist' or something like that, that's just a blind assumption. That's how marriage gets attacked these days.
There is reasonable protocol when it comes to marriage, and it's going to automatically deal with lots of issues such as whether someone is too young to marry. You typically consult the parents of the other party in order to get their approval. So, yes, it makes sense that a person should be able to at the very least "propose to their potential future wife when they are young".
A young couple should be allowed to marry, or at the very least be betrothed to get married, before 18 even, in my opinion. But the husband has to get permission from the parents of the woman, or a guardian, say. That helps solve problems like if they're too young, etc.
Then the husband prepares to have a wife, an...
You don't need marriage to have kids,you don't need marriage to love another person, you don't need marriage to live with a partner and you don't need marriage to have a fulfilling social life.
The purpose of marriage is economic, so it's not necessary to achieve anything social. It is useful when you want protect your partner and kids from sudden death or disability, which should come AFTER the love/social part.
I am not married, I have 2 kids, been with my "wife" (partner?) for 15 years.
In Canada we are considered like married though, economically speaking.