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Child marriages: Are Texas lawmakers ready to stop underage unions?
Texas has the second highest child marriage rate in the country — but that soon could change.
State lawmakers are considering cracking down on the marriage of minors, requiring all brides and grooms to be at least 18 to marry or have a court order to allow those unions.
“This is a common-sense bipartisan bill … to promote the health and well-being of Texas children,” state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, told a House committee earlier this session.
The fact is that not all of these youthful marriages taking place in Texas are about young love — some are about children forced by their parents into marriage with older spouses.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article151095542.html
