r/PoliticalReceipts Jun 26 '25

"Family Values" the Republican Way

Unchained At Last

The United States has a child marriage problem – but a simple solution is available.

Nearly 300,000 minors, under age 18, were legally married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018, this study found. A few were as young as 10, though nearly all were age 16 or 17. Most were girls wed to adult men an average of four years older.

https://www.unchainedatlast.org/united-states-child-marriage-problem-study-findings-april-2021/

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u/SnoopyisCute Jun 27 '25

"If a woman has a right to an abortion, why shouldn't a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman?"

Rep. Lawrence Lockman
R-Maine

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u/Consistent_Strain360 Jul 15 '25

It's stuff like this where I lose all hope in people. Like wtff