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Transheuser-Busch
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> Change the age of tranny declaration to 21.
Connecticut lawmakers voted Friday to tighten the state's marriage laws,
prohibiting anyone under age 18 from being issued a marriage license under
any circumstance.
The legislation cleared the Senate unanimously, following a 98-45
bipartisan vote last month in the House of Representatives. It updates a
2017 anti-child marriage law that advocates contend created a dangerous
loophole, leaving young people at risk of coercion and sexual abuse.
Currently in Connecticut, a 16- or 17-year-old may get a marriage license
if their local probate court judge approves a petition filed on the
minor's behalf by their parent or guardian. Current state law also allows
emancipated minors to marry at 16 or 17, something that will end under
this new legislation as well.
VERMONT GOV. SCOTT SIGNS BILL RAISING MARRIAGE AGE TO 18 INTO LAW
The bill moves to Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont's desk. A spokesperson said
Friday the governor plans to sign the legislation into law.
Despite Friday's unanimous Senate vote, there was criticism of the
legislation in the House — including whether it's needed given the small
number of teen marriages in Connecticut, and the fact a probate judge can
deny a license if they believe a young person is being coerced into
marrying.
WEST VIRGINIA BANS CHILD MARRIAGES FOR AGE 15 AND YOUNGER
But Democratic Sen. Herron Gaston of Bridgeport spoke from personal
experience about the importance of the legislation during Friday's Senate
debate. He described about how his sister was married to a 50-year-old man
when she was 17 years old and living on the island of St. Lucia.
"I’ve seen the devastating impact it has had on her physically, how it
deprived her of her innocence and of her childhood," he said. "She bore
five children from this marriage and eventually had to flee from the
island of Saint Lucia and down to Florida in order to get away from her
abuser."
Some advocates for the legislation, dressed in wedding gowns with chains
around their wrists, watched Friday's proceedings from the Senate gallery.
They noted all week how neighboring states, including Massachusetts, New
York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, have already adopted the
18-year-old marriage requirement.
Connecticut is one of several states across the country this year that
moved to raise the minimum age to legally marry to 18, including Vermont.
Bids to raise the minimum marriage age in West Virginia and Washington
stalled.
LinusMurphy
18 minutes ago
Democrats voted to tighten the state's marriage laws, prohibiting anyone
under age 18 from being issued a marriage license under any circumstance.
Yet, they don't want to prohibit doctors from performing barbaric gender
reassignment surgery on minors. Disturbing.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/connecticut-completely-ban-marriage-
licenses-minors
news:sridvl$5u84$4...@news.freedyn.de:
> Change the age of tranny declaration to 21.
Connecticut lawmakers voted Friday to tighten the state's marriage laws,
prohibiting anyone under age 18 from being issued a marriage license under
any circumstance.
The legislation cleared the Senate unanimously, following a 98-45
bipartisan vote last month in the House of Representatives. It updates a
2017 anti-child marriage law that advocates contend created a dangerous
loophole, leaving young people at risk of coercion and sexual abuse.
Currently in Connecticut, a 16- or 17-year-old may get a marriage license
if their local probate court judge approves a petition filed on the
minor's behalf by their parent or guardian. Current state law also allows
emancipated minors to marry at 16 or 17, something that will end under
this new legislation as well.
VERMONT GOV. SCOTT SIGNS BILL RAISING MARRIAGE AGE TO 18 INTO LAW
The bill moves to Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont's desk. A spokesperson said
Friday the governor plans to sign the legislation into law.
Despite Friday's unanimous Senate vote, there was criticism of the
legislation in the House — including whether it's needed given the small
number of teen marriages in Connecticut, and the fact a probate judge can
deny a license if they believe a young person is being coerced into
marrying.
WEST VIRGINIA BANS CHILD MARRIAGES FOR AGE 15 AND YOUNGER
But Democratic Sen. Herron Gaston of Bridgeport spoke from personal
experience about the importance of the legislation during Friday's Senate
debate. He described about how his sister was married to a 50-year-old man
when she was 17 years old and living on the island of St. Lucia.
"I’ve seen the devastating impact it has had on her physically, how it
deprived her of her innocence and of her childhood," he said. "She bore
five children from this marriage and eventually had to flee from the
island of Saint Lucia and down to Florida in order to get away from her
abuser."
Some advocates for the legislation, dressed in wedding gowns with chains
around their wrists, watched Friday's proceedings from the Senate gallery.
They noted all week how neighboring states, including Massachusetts, New
York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, have already adopted the
18-year-old marriage requirement.
Connecticut is one of several states across the country this year that
moved to raise the minimum age to legally marry to 18, including Vermont.
Bids to raise the minimum marriage age in West Virginia and Washington
stalled.
LinusMurphy
18 minutes ago
Democrats voted to tighten the state's marriage laws, prohibiting anyone
under age 18 from being issued a marriage license under any circumstance.
Yet, they don't want to prohibit doctors from performing barbaric gender
reassignment surgery on minors. Disturbing.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/connecticut-completely-ban-marriage-
licenses-minors
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