So, would you like seeing 9 year olds forced to marry old men?

no, but I can see our ages reduced from where they currently are based upon contractual law and the rewriting of marital definitions and marital purpose.


I can see a time when parents can consent to 'marry off' children as young as 13, but not as young as 9, unless our basic biological processes keep changing with the environment and pubert starts to onset at earlier ages.


from that parental authority, I can also see 'forcing' a marriage as slowly entering our culture. although the consequence for disobedience wont be the severe consequences held in some muslim cultures.

You think it will stop there?

How many women out there in Mingle-land would sell their 9 year old daughter to marry an old pervert?

There is no excuse for any of it. I understand respecting religion, but raping a child is not excusable. They are forcing their kids to marry so some "man" can have a virgin bride and they can get a dowry! A nine year is old is still a child, not a bride!

Why do we need pro pedifile laws when we've got the Catholic church and Penn State.

that is IF we all agree that a primary part of marriage is sex,, which not everyone does,

IF marriage is not about sex but about sharing life and assets,, the argument could hold water that those parents are signing over their rights to another person with no place for the law to assume what goes on in the bed,,,,


I dont approve of it at all, but I Can see the legal arguments if we change what MARRIAGE is defined as,,,,or what its boundaries and expectations are,,,

no, but I can see our ages reduced from where they currently are based upon contractual law and the rewriting of marital definitions and marital purpose.


I can see a time when parents can consent to 'marry off' children as young as 13, but not as young as 9, unless our basic biological processes keep changing with the environment and pubert starts to onset at earlier ages.


from that parental authority, I can also see 'forcing' a marriage as slowly entering our culture. although the consequence for disobedience wont be the severe consequences held in some muslim cultures.

Sharia in action:

Islamic Republic of Iran misunderstands Islam, seeks to legalize marriage for girls under 10



Child marriage is rampant among those who believe that Muhammad is the supreme example of conduct (cf. Qur'an 33:21), but Islamic spokesmen in the West frequently assert that it is a cultural phenomenon that has nothing to do with Islam. They did not, however, tell the mullahs.

"The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with 'Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)." -- Bukhari 7.62.88

Muslims take this seriously and imitate Muhammad in this. Article 1041 of the Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran states that girls can be engaged before the age of nine, and married at nine: "Marriage before puberty (nine full lunar years for girls) is prohibited. Marriage contracted before reaching puberty with the permission of the guardian is valid provided that the interests of the ward are duly observed."

The Ayatollah Khomeini himself married a ten-year-old girl when he was twenty-eight. Khomeini called marriage to a prepubescent girl "a divine blessing," and advised the faithful: "Do your best to ensure that your daughters do not see their first blood in your house."

?"Iran seeks to legalize marriage for girls under 10," from Mohabat News, July 7 (thanks to Lachlan):

According to recently released statistics, in the past few weeks over 75 female children under 10 were forced to marry much older men. In 3929 cases, bride and groom were both under 14.
In a discussion of the issue organized by the Khabar Online news website, conservative law-maker and spokesperson for the Majles committee Mohammad Ali Isfenani said: "Before the revolution girls under 16 were not allowed to marry.

Parents determined to get around the law would often tamper with their daughter's birth certificate. Under the previous constitution, people were legally regarded as adults when they were 18. After the revolution the age at which children were regarded as going through puberty was lowered to 9 for girls and 15 for boys.

" [sic] He added: "As some people may not comply with our current Islamic legal system, we must regard 9 as being the appropriate age for a girl to have reached puberty and qualified to get married. To do otherwise would be to contradict and challenge Islamic Sharia law."

no, but I can see our ages reduced from where they currently are based upon contractual law and the rewriting of marital definitions and marital purpose.


I can see a time when parents can consent to 'marry off' children as young as 13, but not as young as 9, unless our basic biological processes keep changing with the environment and pubert starts to onset at earlier ages.


from that parental authority, I can also see 'forcing' a marriage as slowly entering our culture. although the consequence for disobedience wont be the severe consequences held in some muslim cultures.

Your nuts! That will never fly in the US. No way will they reduce the age to under 18 or 16 in some states.

what "Biological"Processes?
Jeepers Creepers!
A Child is a Child,no matter what some Religious Nut is trying to tell us!
It is becoming high time to hold People who immigrate into western Countries by our Standards,not changing ours to theirs!
Pedophilia is Pedophilia,and being sanctioned by some Imam or other Cleric doesn't change a thing!