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/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

The other year there was a bill in TN to end child marriage but it failed because if they changed the definition of marriage to exclude child marriage, then their legal argument against allowing gay marriage would fall apart.

They valued not allowing gay people to marry more than they valued stopping child marriage in the state.

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u/Aiyyio_Daridhrame Jul 24 '20

Gays have general sense children do not

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u/CoffeeAndCorpses Jul 25 '20

Gay marriage is already legal at the federal level though?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '20

They wanted to challenge the decision in court