UPDATED: Tennessee GOP kill bill to ban child marriage

[DonViejo]

Last edited Thu Mar 8, 2018, 03:21 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: The Hill



BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 03/08/18 10:28 AM EST

State House Republicans in Tennessee on Wednesday effectively killed a bill to ban child marriages in an effort to bolster a conservative lawyer’s case against the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage.

The bill called for the state to ban marriages where one of the parties is under 18 years old.

House Majority Leader Glen Casada (R) was convinced to send the bill to summer study in the House Civil Justice Subcommittee after an email from attorney David Fowler, a former state senator, The Tennessean reported on Wednesday.

Summer study is a place where bills often die before they return for debate, effectively killing the bill’s chances to be passed.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/377367-tennessee-gop-kill-ban-on-child-marriage

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UPDATE:

Tennessee lawmakers give OK to child marriage as insult to loving gay couples

By Bil Browning · Thursday, March 8, 2018

Tennessee lawmakers have decided against changing the state’s marriage laws to outlaw child marriage, because the head of the “family values” group Family Action Council of Tennessee – wants to sue to try to overturn marriage equality.

The bill, sponsored by Democrats in both chambers of the state legislature, would raise the age for marriage to 18. A current loophole allows a judge to grant a marriage license to a minor no matter how young they are.

Advocates have cited “marriages” involving girls as young as ten years old in the state.

Legislators in Kentucky have also dragged their feet to outlaw child marriages in the past few weeks at the urging of the religious organization Kentucky Family Foundation. A vote on similar legislation to the Tennessee bill was delayed for the second time hours before legislators were expected to vote on it.

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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/03/tennessee-lawmakers-give-ok-child-marriage-insult-loving-gay-couples/

[moriah]

1. I swear I need a puke bucket nearby reading the news lately.

Not your fault for reporting it... just...

[DonViejo]

3. The entire article really needs to be read; the move is entirely based on killing gay marriage.

It's pretty disgusting.

[moriah]

5. That's why there's both angry storm clouds and puke.

That they are more concerned about gay marriage than protecting children from legalized rape.

[DonViejo]

7. I understood you. The first four paragraphs just don't tell the story of "why" the law is being

"killed"

[christx30]

2. There ya have it.

They're willing to sell children off to underage marriage to bolster their hate.
Such good Christians.

[bluestarone]

4. Just no way to justify this!!

True blue religious right way to think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go assholes

[Ohiogal]

6. It just is mind boggling

How anyone thinks that banning child marriage is a bad thing and must be stopped! Why??

[sandensea]

8. Casada, coincidentally, means married in Spanish.

'Married' in GOPese, means to any girl under 15 (preferably one with connected parents).

[50 Shades Of Blue]

9. There's no bottom to the low to which the GOP sinks!

[riversedge]

10. the stinking sewer continues to fill up.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Terrible writing (theHill). Was the bill the effort or was killing it the effort?