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Old Apr 28, 2008, 11:52 am   #21 (permalink) (top)
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What about the rights of the young girls who are
forced into a false marriage by men 4x their age?
They are in a society that has pulled them from
reality and forced to believe that marriage of the type
of marriage is acceptable, when it really isnt.
So they are kept in social pens and the state is to liberate them, am I correct? Look, if there is a cult that I would not join, I'll address it as such. But I'm not going to break up the cult -- in this case, families -- by violent means. Unless it is profoundly endangering my neighborhood, I have precious little right to get involved.

I say this for a variety of reasons, including personal ones. While I'm not a polygamist, I actually did date a 21 year old when I was 16. Legally and otherwise, some would consider that to have been utterly deplorable. However, I thought it was okay while it lasted. The point is: Unless this would have posed a severe risk to people, I fail to see why it should have been "regulated."

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