Republicans are defending child marriage because they hate government.

[NCLefty]

"A bill that would have ended child marriage in Idaho — which has no minimum age for couples who want to wed — died in the Statehouse this year."

"Republican lawmakers, who control the Legislature, opposed it, including state Rep. Bryan Zollinger, who said it 'went too far.' "

"'Obviously, I'm against child marriage,' the GOP lawmaker told NBC News. "But basically marriage is a contract between people that shouldn't require government permission.' "

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/end-child-marriage-u-s-you-might-be-surprised-who-n1050471

[rampartc]

1. marriage is a contract, as the congresscritter says

but minors are not allowed to enter most contracts.

[gratuitous]

3. Also, isn't that a curious position for a Republican to take?

They spent most of the 1990s and 2000s gassing on about the alleged sanctity of marriage, and how same-sex marriages made the baby Jesus cry and stuff. Now it's just a contract between a valium-addled old goat and a girl who can't even sign a wireless agreement?

[rampartc]

6. incredible, ain't it

probably a Viagra addled old goat and some poor girl's father.

[Farmer-Rick]

2. Old, filthy rich, white men are defending child marriage because the want to diddle our children

The elites always want to have sex with our children. From Catholic priests to Epstein, they get a big kick out of it.

They also enjoy slaughtering the last of an almost extinct species and adorning their walls and floors with their body parts.

This bull sh*t that it is government overreach never seems to intrude on their support for passing laws on women's wombs.

Why do we allow these immoral, vicious people to have power in our society? It doesn't have to be this way.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. All Aboard the Jeffrey Epstein Express. Next Stop, Boise, Idaho! Woo Woo!

[myohmy2]

4. " Idaho has the highest rate of child marriages in the U.S., "

" 'Obviously, I'm against child marriage,' the GOP lawmaker told NBC News..."

...or maybe not so obviously they could be pedophiles...

...republicans...

[TheBlackAdder]

9. GOPers-They're not pedophiles, when she's the bride. Joseph was 90 years old, when he married Mary.

.

I guess they reach into that bag of biblical text to justify their penchant for prepubescent girls.

.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Fucking Idaho Warren Jeffs MF'ers.

They own huge swaths of that state. Perverts.

[RockRaven]

7. Bullshit. "Hating government" is the excuse these perverts give, not their motivating principle.

Their motivating principle is pedophiliac patriarchy.

[jcgoldie]

10. More like because they hate women

They got no problem with the government when it comes to dictating women's reproductive rights.

[AJT]

11. Yeah.....

"But basically marriage is a contract between people that shouldn't require government permission.' "

Unless it's this:
Idaho Amendment 2 of 2006 is an amendment to the Idaho Constitution that made it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. ... A marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.

[Duppers]

19. And what would these hypocritical old pedophiles say

If a 40-something yr old woman wanted to marry a 14yo boy?
😝

Such a ridiculous, disgusting question could be asked of them. They'd probably be upset after they picked themselves off the floor. But it'd hit 2 birds with one question. What? Don't we know about conservatives' ingrained double standards?

[no_hypocrisy]

12. Outside of Utah, a lot of Mormon break-away polygamists live in Idaho.

Girls as young as 12 are assigned to be married to a communal husband.

I'm not surprised the age limit for marriage bill died on the vine.

[CousinIT]

13. Child marriage is slavery.

Period.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. I thought it was because they hate children.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Why can't it be both ? nt

[NewJeffCT]

15. Next: "well, slavery is wrong, but the government

shouldn't be telling people what to do..."

[lark]

16. Repugs hate young women and are themselves mostly dirty white boys, so approve of this rape.

They think women, especially young ones, are stupid but tasty so make the laws that they can have these child brides and bully or seduce them into marriage. This is about the right of white men to bully young girls and not much else.

[Aristus]

18. This is why I see Idaho as the inflamed appendix of the Pacific Northwest.

Cut it away and let the rest of us survive.

[Act_of_Reparation]

20. Planned Parenthood and the ACLU also opposed the bill.

The ACLU argued the language was unduly restrictive to legal marriage. I'm not sure why Planned Parenthood opposed it.