This is a huge problem. As the laws stand in many states today, children can be married off to adults before they even reach the age of consent, so long as the parents or guardians of this child agree to it.
One has to ask themselves what type of parent would be OK with an adult marrying their child. It certainly would not be a healthy, safe, or loving parent.
One must also ask themselves what type of adult would want to be wed to a child. Child marriage is, and will always be, predatory and barbaric by nature. It should be banned nationwide without any exceptions.
Time for Congress to act
Far too often, lawmakers in both political parties spend more time grandstanding and bickering with one another instead of producing results.
Though if there is one thing that lawmakers and a president of any party should agree on, it is that children should not be married off to adults under any circumstances.
Congress must come together and pass a federal ban on child marriage.
The reality that 43 states allow child marriage, 20 of which have no age limits (with the caveat of parental/guardian consent), is a travesty. Child marriage must end. Children everywhere deserve better than this.
