(AGENPARL) – STANFORD (CA) gio 27 aprile 2023
(Originally published by San Francisco Chronicle on April 27, 2023)
Earlier this month, a Missouri Republican state senator made headlines after he implied that 12-year-olds should be allowed to get married. “Do you know any kids who have been married at age 12? I do. And guess what. They’re still married,” said state Sen. Mike Moon in response to being called out by a Democratic colleague for voting against a bill that would ban adults from marrying 12-year-olds who had parental consent.
Although he later clarified he was referring to a case of two 12-year-olds getting married, the obvious question still remains: Should children really be permitted to marry?
(Continue reading the opinion essay on San Francisco Chronicle’s page here.)
Fonte/Source: https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-lawyer/articles/child-marriage-is-legal-in-california-yes-thats-as-bad-as-it-sounds/