GOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’
www.nj.com
Twenty states don't set minimum age for girls to marry
  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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    4 months ago

    Just using the word ripe in this context should get him run through a comically large orange juicer, we'll see who's ripe you fuckin creep

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    Nothing says "respecting the rights of women and children" like describing them in the same way as an apple orchard.

    • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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      4 months ago

      "For commercial purposes, girls are no good naturally bred — there's too much variety between generations so you can't preserve the desirable characteristics. You need to graft them"

        • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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          4 months ago

          Of course, I kid. We all know that the real way to achieve the perfect little girl is by mixing sugar, spice, and everything nice, and awwwh fuck I just accidentally spilled my giant round-bottom flask labeled "Chemical X" into the mix got dangit

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    1. Disgusting. Having Minecraft thoughts rn

    2. Children are in more danger from complications from pregnancy than adults. I know this is besides the point but the fact that he's just fucking wrong is revealing. Underage s/a (so-called marriage) is built into patriarchal society, it has nothing to do with biological reality and is really an ideology that wants to hurt and control girls.

    3. Death to America.

  • booty [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    NH GOP official

    Sorry, I think you mean notorious NH disgusting pedophile Jess Edwards whose face can be seen here. You have to say the full thing, it's how notorious NH disgusting pedophile Jess Edwards whose face can be seen here prefers to be addressed.

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    The day I hear a grown man call one of my nieces "ripe" is the day I cut out a throat.

  • EstraDoll [she/her]
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    4 months ago

    oh but apparently i'm the child groomer because i like to wear skirts, okay

  • 7bicycles [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    Child safety and gun control advocate Shannon Watts tweeted that “Child marriage is currently legal in 38 states (only Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont have set the minimum age at 18 and eliminated all exceptions), and 20 states do not require any minimum age for marriage.”

    what the actual fuck, yankees