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In reply to the discussion: Kentucky's 'child bride' bill stalls as groups fight to let 13-year-olds wed [View all]Leghorn21
(13,523 posts)4. Heres one, A - Im gonna go look em up
Donna Pollard, a Louisville woman who said she was married at 16 to an older man who began sexually abusing her when she was 14, has advocated for the bill. She told Courier Journal that opponents include the Kentucky Family Foundation, a Lexington-based conservative group that lobbies lawmakers on social issues. Family Foundation Executive Director Kent Ostrander did not respond to requests for comment.
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Kentucky's 'child bride' bill stalls as groups fight to let 13-year-olds wed [View all]
DonViejo
Mar 2018
OP
Tell us all again how Sharia law is worse than Maria law? Both demean women.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2018
#15
Isn't it interesting, the legally marrying 13 year olds never seem to be the male.
demigoddess
Mar 2018
#6
Sorry to hear that your life was ruined, but I hope you can one day take back your life from this
politicaljunkie41910
Mar 2018
#35
No more and no less than greed, nationalism, poverty, and wealth disparity.
LanternWaste
Mar 2018
#16
American Exceptionalism as a notion of 'nationalism' is always bound up in religious trappings.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2018
#21
Marriage is between one man and one woman...but, hey, you know, define "woman"....
lagomorph777
Mar 2018
#19