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.
Christy got to go.
Gov Christie lack sense of decency, and child brutality. The child is not old enough to give her permission on anything according to OUR LAWS.
I think of those poor baby girls & a man sexually abusing them. What is wrong with Christie?
Doesn’t he have a dgt?
This is disgusting!!
This is America
What?
No in the US it’s against the law. Want your daughter to marry at 9 !!!!!
And people wonder why I call him a democrat..
What about our laws??
Yeah…we’ll see you in GIRMO….
This is the USA! ! we don’t want legal child abuse! Deport all Muslims from USA! You can go too, Christie!