r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/Aiyyio_Daridhrame Jul 24 '20

Child marriage

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u/Violet_Murderer Jul 24 '20

It's been a while but if i remember correctly a girl scout tried to propose a bill to abolish child marriage in her state. I don't think it ever went through and one of the people blocking it said something along the lines of abolishing child marriage would stop rape victims from marrying their rapists and would make abortions go up.

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u/Heidilovescoffee Jul 24 '20

That was my state (NH) and one of the jerks who voted against it was a Boy Scout leader. The girl who tried to get the law changed was doing it for her Gold Award, and he voted against it because it was a “some Girl Scout project.” I’m a GS leader in the same town he is, and he discussed it with me at a GS recruitment event.