As the issue of child marriage gains more attention, New Jersey legislators decided to do something about it and passed a bill that would prohibit marriage of any children under age 18.
Governor Chris Christie was handed the opportunity to make New Jersey the first state to officially ban child marriage without exception.
Nancy Munoz, the bill’s main sponsor, is a Republican assemblywoman from Union. She introduced the bill after hearing testimony in committee hearings about children being forced into marriage “for religious reasons.”
Under current New Jersey law, children under age 16 can be legally married with parental consent and approval from a sympathetic judge.
Find out what action Christie decided to take and why on the next page.
When you read the entire article it said he sent it back with his veto and wanted provisions in the law. Such as teens who were 16 or 17 and had their parents to marry if they were pregnant and did not want an abortion or a child out of wedlock. This was part of the article: “Opponents of the bill argued that exceptions should remain for young members of the military and pregnant teenagers who do not want children born out of wedlock. Those 17 years old are able to enlist in the military with parental consent.
Other reasons given by those opposing the bill include the fact that 16 is the age of sexual consent in New Jersey and also the age at which an abortion can be obtained without parental consent.
In most states, the minimum age for marriage is 18, though every state provides legal loopholes that allow those younger to wed. Reuters has reported that underage marriage is more widespread than the public might think, with about 170,000 children wed between 2000 and 2010 in 38 of the 50 states where data was available.”
This is our land,our civilized laws that must be for everybody, no exceptions, deport these savages
We are not interested in supporting Muslim, or any other type of pedophelia! It has no place, in this country! If truth be told, they have no rights here!
He does have Muslim ties….
DON’T TRUST THIS DOUCHEBAG…
Is he a pedophile, too?
What is he smokin’ ?
Idiot
Put him in jail
I hope this is f**e news
In the United States of America there is a certain age for females to marry, non of this religious c**p of other races, cultures or I am from another country and this how we do it in my country c**p!