'Married With Children' Means Something Way Different In Tennessee
Tennessee lawmakers failed to pass a ban on child marriage. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore, and Brett Erlich, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss.
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LAWMAKERS IN TENNESSEE HAVE ABANDONED THEIR PLANS TO PROPOSE AND PASS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD OUTLAW CHILD MARRIAGES IN THEIR STATE. YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY, CHILD MARRIAGES OCCUR NOT ONLY IN TENNESSEE, IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT'S PARTICULARLY BAD IN TENNESSEE. IN FACT A RECENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT -- SO UNDERSTANDABLY LAWMAKERS IN THE STATE REALIZED THERE WAS AN ISSUE HERE. NOW, THERE ARE LAWS AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGES BUT THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF LOOPHOLES PEOPLE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF. FOR INSTANCE A JUDGE COULD INTERVENE AND ALLOW UNDERAGE PEOPLE TO GET MARRIED, PARENTS COULD GET INVOLVED AND SAY THAT THEY ALLOW THEIR 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO MARRY A MAN WHO IS IN HIS 30S, AND SO THEY WANTED TO CLOSE THESE LOOPHOLES. BUT THEN, ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATION GETS INVOLVED AND ...
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LAWMAKERS IN TENNESSEE HAVE ABANDONED THEIR PLANS TO PROPOSE AND PASS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD OUTLAW CHILD MARRIAGES IN THEIR STATE. YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY, CHILD MARRIAGES OCCUR NOT ONLY IN TENNESSEE, IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT'S PARTICULARLY BAD IN TENNESSEE. IN FACT A RECENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT -- SO UNDERSTANDABLY LAWMAKERS IN THE STATE REALIZED THERE WAS AN ISSUE HERE. NOW, THERE ARE LAWS AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGES BUT THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF LOOPHOLES PEOPLE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF. FOR INSTANCE A JUDGE COULD INTERVENE AND ALLOW UNDERAGE PEOPLE TO GET MARRIED, PARENTS COULD GET INVOLVED AND SAY THAT THEY ALLOW THEIR 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO MARRY A MAN WHO IS IN HIS 30S, AND SO THEY WANTED TO CLOSE THESE LOOPHOLES. BUT THEN, ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATION GETS INVOLVED AND ...
