Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 14, 2017Wait what?Quote TweetAnjali Tsui@anjalitsui·Nov 14, 2017With all that's going on with Roy Moore, a reminder that 14-year-olds can still get married, and have sex, in more than half of all states.Show this thread113
Science Banana@literalbanana·Nov 14, 2017Replying to @vgridk I just checked one and it seems to be wrong, anyway there are still sexual abuse of minors laws in all those places11
Science Banana@literalbanana·Nov 14, 2017Replying to @literalbanana and @vgr(this is nevada, in the above it seems to say there is no age floor when the statute says 16)11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @literalbananaI checked Wikipedia and it seems to support the claim but ambiguously under various exceptions4:53 AM · Nov 14, 20171 Like
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 14, 2017Replying to @vgr and @literalbananaOp tweeter also tweeted a bunch of other stuff including this https://pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/married-young-the-fight-over-child-marriage-in-america/…11