The Groomers and the Spineless Parties

How the Legacy of State’s Rights and Slavery Forbids Child Marriage Laws

At Least Her Country She Can’t Be Forced Into Marriage [Photo by Юлія Дубина on Unsplash]

You think on something like grooming and pedophilia, the Democrats and the Republicans could agree. Who doesn’t want to protect underage children? Well, it turns out both parties.

Here’s an easy one too: child marriage. Yes, the US and Yemen are the only two countries left without a national law banning child marriage. Passing one now, in 2023 for chrissake ought to be easy.

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First, the Democrats. Since Biden is leading, we will get the usual like with we did with the John Lewis Act: we just must drop this as it won’t go through and win. OK, dropped then. Infrastructure and the semiconductor subsidies (CHIPS Act) are more important. America needs better roads and computer chips rather than fighting from voter repression of black Americans.

I mean here’s a guy who might not even be Democrat anyway: he has given our more drilling permits than Trump in his first two years, kept many of Trump’s legacies in place like the steel tariffs, and never apologized for siding with white supremacists to block school integration. So, when it comes to Civil Rights, not much of a leader and more like a tokenist.

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