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.

He needs his fat$#%&!@*kicked out of politics. This is America. This kind if$#%&!@*dont fly here
He is a sick dude
Big ole empty suit.
All they have to do is ban all child marriages under the age if 16 period. Child rape is not a religion.
Unbelievable!!
How about you be banned! Asshat!
Impeach him
What a piece of chicken sh*t! Coward! Do what is right in our country!
What a load of horse manure!! This vile POS needs to be removed from office NOW
you dumb$#%&!@*hole this is our country, and we go by our laws and if they don’t like they can go back to hell and live