11-year-old girl married to 40-year-old man

[Undies]

Yes it was. He was the leader of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints and yes polygamy and sending your underage daughters off to marry 50 year old men is the accepted norm. Even with him in prison he is still running the place. IE Colorado City, Hilldale and the compound in Texas that the UEP is running.

It may be "acceptable" within his cult, but it certainly isn't acceptable in the culture (the USA) where he decided to attempt to practice the cult's illegal behavior.  That's why Jeffs is in jail while the muslim scum in Afghanistan is on his honeymoon.

[Randy]

DUmmies are just upset and disgusted he's married a girl. Anything else is A OK okey dokey and quite preferable with them.

[FlaGator]

Oh really?  Name a few.

Eastern Indians (Hindu's and Buddhists) do this from time to time. To them, marrying off their daughters to older men insure the girls future security.

[thundley4]

Eastern Indians (Hindu's and Buddhists) do this from time to time. To them, marrying off their daughters to older men insure the girls future security.

Don't they arrange the marriages at young ages, but the marriage doesn't happen until both the male and female are old enough?

[DefiantSix]

Don't they arrange the marriages at young ages, but the marriage doesn't happen until both the male and female are old enough?

That's been my understanding, as well.

[Randy]

Don't they arrange the marriages at young ages, but the marriage doesn't happen until both the male and female are old enough?

That's what I was led to believe. 28 and newborn seems slightly odd though. And I mean slightly in a hugely disturbing way.

[Undies]

That's what I was led to believe. 28 and newborn seems slightly odd though. And I mean slightly in a hugely disturbing way.

The legal age in India, like most of the civilized world, is 18 and 21.  The Hindu religion might promote early arranged marriages, but as in the USA, the culture does not allow for these inappropriate unions (unless it's for muslims).

[ExGeeEye]

You are right, and my recall is wrong...

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1MspmfEwg[/youtube]

I cheated.  I watched it.last week, because I was pretty sure you were going to comment on it this week.

By the way, this is my EEEEEEEEEEEEVIL post.

[GOBUCKS]

I smell a mole trap. Clearly this is disgusting but it is the 7th century koranimals doing it so that will trump decency and civilization.

Koranimals! Now that's a fitting name for members of the religion of peace.

[seahorse513]

If I remember my history books, many girls in Europe, were betrothed at a young age, but didn't didn't get married till they were of child bearing age.  We have to remember that people didn't live as long. Also to add, alot of cultures are so far behind us, technology wise, knowledge wise especially in the rural areas of third world countries. I am not saying it's right by any means, just trying to give another perspective of why...
I feel so bad for that girl in the original picture Gina put up. She looks petrified, poor thing!!

[vesta111]

The legal age in India, like most of the civilized world, is 18 and 21.  The Hindu religion might promote early arranged marriages, but as in the USA, the culture does not allow for these inappropriate unions (unless it's for muslims).

 

I do not know what the law is now in NH but in the 1960's the age of marriage with parents consent for girls was 13.-----------Ever hear of a shot gun wedding ??????-------World Almanac 1960  Youngest in the country.

Arranged marriages are odd, most times the partners have never met before the wedding.  Lots of haggling among the fathers for the Dowry or bride price.

India is a bad place to get into this, if a husband divorces his wife the Dowry has to go back to his wife's family. If the wife cannot produce a son, the husband needs a new wife that can.   What to do with the present wife, cannot divorce her and loose the Dowry,   only if the wife dies does the husband and family keep the Dowry.    You see where I am going.

Asians seem to do well with arranged marriages, seems like it is months after the marriage that after they become friends do they become physical.    This is not a sold bride but an arranged marriage.

Europe has for hundreds of years arranged marriages of their sons and daughters to other country's to keep the peace.

In no way is this  some kind of Middle Eastern thing, this is a beginning of time survival method for those that control Kingdoms or even small African villages.

Think back to the Old Testament and the king that was sent a wife and she arrived rolled up in a rug.   Quite the grand entrance that is still talked about today.    

[GOBUCKS]

They do this because the guy who invented their murderous cult was himself a pedophile.

[delilahmused]

And yet, isn't it 0bama who's making it easier for Sharia Law to get a foothold in this country? This is based on the Koran. Wonder if the first Wookie would tolerate the Muslim in Chief allowing this to happen to her daughters...I suppose as long as they can have an abortions so as not to be saddled with a mistake...

Cindie

[vesta111]

And yet, isn't it 0bama who's making it easier for Sharia Law to get a foothold in this country? This is based on the Koran. Wonder if the first Wookie would tolerate the Muslim in Chief allowing this to happen to her daughters...I suppose as long as they can have an abortions so as not to be saddled with a mistake...

Cindie

Lucky girls to not have to go back to live in Kenya and be circumcised.   Yes this is practised in Kenya as in other Muslim country's.

[Lacarnut]

And yet, isn't it 0bama who's making it easier for Sharia Law to get a foothold in this country? This is based on the Koran. Wonder if the first Wookie would tolerate the Muslim in Chief allowing this to happen to her daughters...I suppose as long as they can have an abortions so as not to be saddled with a mistake...

Cindie

Also, wonder what the Obummers would think about their teenage daughter marrying an older bulldagger bitch. 

[AprilRazz]

It may be "acceptable" within his cult, but it certainly isn't acceptable in the culture (the USA) where he decided to attempt to practice the cult's illegal behavior.  That's why Jeffs is in jail while the muslim scum in Afghanistan is on his honeymoon.

Problem being is that Utah and Arizona ignored it for 50 years. Only when they raided the compound in Texas did they really do anything about it. They are rather DUmmy like in their pride in taking government handouts. The welfare abuse in those communities is staggering.

The ones in Centennial Park are polygamists as well but they let their women grow up first and decide for themselves. (Think that Sister Wives show)

[movie buff]

Of course, what they conveniently forget is that it's their own fellow DUmmies who defend child molestors and pornographers.

Indeed.
Liberals, especially liberal activist judges and lawyers, regularly try to get child molestors off with a slap on the wrist.
The liberal teachers' unions go out of their way to protect the child molestors within their ranks from facing any kind of punishment for as long as possible.
The liberal ACLU hs repeatedly pushed to fully legalize the possession and distribution of child pornography and defended NAMBLA pro bono when a lawsuit was filed against them over the child porn they had on their website.

[obumazombie]

Hitlary used to have a pro child crusade. She seems to have given up on it.