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.

Yep. Everyone has religious rights but Christians. Christie needs to go away.
He still wants his career.
And he knows that his bosses are thugs, savages and super predators.
Another Republican nutless wonder! What a freaking idiot! Some religions believe in ritual murder. Is that O.K. with you too?
BS! What about the childrens rights????
Are you really that stupid unbelievable unbelievable unbelievable
You just plain suck
Chicken s**t
Idiot.
Idiocy became a contagious disease!
he must be a pedophile and one of Soros minions then. This is America Christie, no some third world$#%&!@*hole! No wonder Trump didn’t want to give you a job you fat p.o.s.!