... and in some American states, it's 12 : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/child-marriage-chart-reveals-girls-can-still-get-married-at-12-in-some-parts-of-the-us-as-lawmakers-a6921246.html …
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Legal age of marriage is different from age of consent (yes, weird), which varies from state to state but never below 16
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... but, as Sen Vogel says, if victim falls pregnant, the rapist marries her. Seems like a pretty fine line is being drawn here.
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it's definitely a weird line. Relieved to know that only about 220 cases in past 17 yrs of girls under 15, tho still too many.
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