DoubtingThomas wrote:Many states allow child marriage to prevent abortions, but that doesn't apply to California.
Please name these 'many states' specifically, and why does that not apply to CA?
Do the laws allowing underage marriage pre-date Roe v Wade? Or were they written after 1973?
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people, Jeremy.- Super Hans
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.- H. L. Mencken
Res Ipsa wrote:My point was that your kissing Muslim ass statement was based on nothing more than personal bigotry.
It was wrong for me to say that without enough information. So I admit it. But please answer my questions.
Q: Why can’t the age be 16 or 17?
A: It can, absent a contrary decision by the state or US Supreme Court.
Q: What is the explanation?
A: How would I know? Ask the California legislature.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:So, this is interesting. The New York'er had a lengthy article about Al Franken and his resignation in the #metoo era.
And spiked-online has another interesting article.
The truth that no one seems willing to admit is that many heterosexual women, even today, expect men to make the first move in a relationship. Women will drape ourselves over the printer, wear our best dresses to the Christmas party and talk loudly about the imaginary man texting us, all to subtly signal to our target that he should make a move. But in the post-#MeToo office, unless you send a memo to the guy you fancy, signed with your consent at the bottom, it is understandable that he wouldn’t want to make the first move for fear of being hauled before human resources. While most normal guys are able to tell whether a woman likes them or not, the erasure of any ‘grey area’ in workplace interactions means more and more people are feeling nervous about taking the first step.