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Zehb-Mansour t1_j84uz40 wrote

Is it true Wyoming Republicans brought in Matt Geatz as a senior adviser?

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defusted t1_j85685v wrote

Didn't they just try to raise the voting age to 21? Hey kids, were not gonna let you vote but you can marry a pedophile.

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rustymacdonald t1_j856xyq wrote

A more accurate headline would be "Republicans defend the right to marry children." The use of the passive voice makes it sound like the issue here is the bill rather than the obvious bad actors who want to preserve their ability to harm children.

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supercyberlurker t1_j85beii wrote

This would make the minimum age 16, which obviously the Republican pedophiles opposing this dislike.

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ZachMN t1_j85fwcb wrote

Just what you’d expect from Groomy Ol’ Pedophiles.

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cosmernaut420 t1_j85jnjr wrote

Republicans: unironically endorsing child marriages if it will net them votes.

"Remember, it's not pedophilia if the parents are OK with it!" - Republicans, probably

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OhTheHueManatee t1_j85kw5r wrote

This shit is so fucked up. Your religious freedoms don't mean you can victimize people.

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Malphos101 t1_j85qj1g wrote

If you are confused why the GQP oppose this (among many other apparently hypocritical views) let me make their goals very simple for you:

  1. The in-group should be protected by the law but not bound by it.

  2. The out-groups should be bound by the law but not protected by it.

  3. Any law that increases in-group power and happiness or decreases out-group power and happiness is morally just and necessary for society to survive.

  4. Any law that decreases ingroup power and happiness or increases out-group power and happiness is morally evil and will lead to societies downfall.

Thats literally it. Every time you see a supposed GQP hypocrisy just check those 4 points again and you will see there is no hypocrisy, just a widespread public misunderstanding of their goals.

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hedgerow_hank t1_j85qxxd wrote

Replugicants sure like sticking their dicks in children.

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HDC3 t1_j85rdlg wrote

That's why they oppose abortion. If women abort where will they find child brides?

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HolycommentMattman t1_j85te06 wrote

Replying to shalafi71 (#1,782,481)

Well, they would repeal it. If they made another amendment saying that the voting age was 21, that would mean there are two conflicting amendments. So the only way to get the voting age back to 21 would be to repeal the 26th amendment (or amend it) to get rid of the 18 year old voting age.

Either way, it's not happening. I'm sure Vietnam vets aren't on board with this as they're the reason the voting age was lowered.

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shanvanvook t1_j85x4z9 wrote

Can a political party have oppositional-defiant disorder? Is that still a thing?

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riamuriamu t1_j86928k wrote

Honestly, how are Republicans supposed to make the world a better place without forced child marriage?

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Eziekel13 t1_j86rkep wrote

Currently child marriage is legal in 44 states….

As of January 2022, in nine states there is no statutory minimum age when all exemptions were taken into account.

Between 2000 and 2018, nearly 300,000 minors were legally married in the United States

In most states marriage legally emancipates an individual…making them an adult…

As of July 2021, six states have banned underage marriages, with no exception.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_the_United_States

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XxJamalBigSexyxX t1_j87atph wrote

Oh course Republicans would get upset with protecting children from sexual predators

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Chaincat22 t1_j87tcds wrote

Replying to Malphos101 (#1,782,560)

Important note to consider, in-group out-group isn't necessarily race, sex, orientation, religion, etc, it's just them, specifically. The politicians and lawmakers. I'm reminded of the first they came poem by Martin Niemoller. First they came for the muslims. Then they came for the gays. Then they came for the women. Then they came for the trans. Now they come for the children. If they haven't gotten to you yet, don't worry, they will in due time if you fail to act before there is no one left to act with you

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Appropriate-Okra-937 t1_j8bjdot wrote

It weird they are fighting about this, Dems are saying teenagers aren't mature enough for marriage. Why are some encouraging baby's as young as 6 to transition because they know how they feel. I can't support child marriage. Even for religious freedom teenager aren't just marrying each other I imagine. I'd like to find the bill. You have to try to read these things sometimes, there is all way a ton of crazy things in them, like inflation reduction act, it basically the green new deal in disguise. Nothing about reducing inflation in any real way.

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