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I don't get why a such law took so long, but late is better than never.

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[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You mean they hadn't already?!

[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It's legal in a lot of the US, yes. Sometimes it requires approval from a judge, 4 states have no minimum age at all.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_the_United_States

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

The fact that California is one of those 4 is fucking mind blowing. They banned smoking and legalized weed but can't be bothered to stop child brides from happening????

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I thought US was a 1st world country...

[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago
[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The first world / second world / third world classification was some system made up by the US during the Cold war to put the US at the top of their own tier list. It's always been silly

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Burgerreich always #1 😎

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The actual 1st world thinks differently. 😒

[–] AntAcid@lemm.ee -5 points 20 hours ago

Singing shit from the darkness is hilarious. Let us know your country so we can laugh at your garbage culture.