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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
They started dating when she was 12 and he was 20
Go read this article. (OK, here's a summary: two Nebraska residents, a 22-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl, crossed over into Kansas and got married when they found out that the young girl was pregnant with his child. The marriage is legal because in Kansas children as young as 12 can get married with parental consent, and this girl's parents gave consent.)
But wait--it gets better. The happy couple has a new daughter, and now the husband is being charged with statutory rape, because Nebraska law makes no exception for The husband has this to say about the prosecutor in the case: "He's a home wrecker. He's trying to rip a father away from a child, and rip a husband away from a wife." Yes, that's exactly what this case is about. It certainly wouldn't be about grown men fucking little girls... noooo... that couldn't be. Although, apparently many people support the couple. Some law professor at Trailer Park State University had this to say about the case: "It's odd that the state would be prosecuting someone who did not leave the girl pregnant and unwed." Right... If a grown man gets a 8th grader pregnant, he should do the right thing and marry her. That's in the Bible somewhere, I think. |
