Yep. It's mostly bible belt states, and typically requires parental consent. So usually (as best I understand it) parents marrying off very young daughters to much older men who happen to go to the same church as them. A couple of states have tried to end it, only for it to get blocked by their legislature or vetoed by the governor.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 45 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Outside the Bible belt too; the fundamentalist Mormons in Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico also have child brides, but I think they're more reprehensible since they also expel their teenage boys by abandoning them in Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Denver, Albuquerque, and Las Vegas to a life of destitution due to being uneducated and sheltered their entire lives in cult like conditions.

They also have complete control of the towns they inhabit including the police and judiciary to shield them from state efforts to stop them; with Colorado City being the most egregious example imo.

[–] AtmosphericRiversCuomo@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They also have complete control of the towns they inhabit including the police and judiciary to shield them from state efforts to stop them

Wish that was us

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

why?

[–] AtmosphericRiversCuomo@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

Because selective enforcement of the law alone is massively powerful.

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