Child Brides - Tradition or State Sanctioned Rape?

[AtLast]

When I look at this, I am mindful of what may be culture-bound. However, the numbers of women joining forces worldwide to fight against these kinds of things is not lost on me. If they want change and are the one's subjected to this, I think their cause is something to support.

As much as I get pissed at how the US can be so cavilier about things that apply to other cultures, I am not casting a blind eye to social movements of those that are directly affected by these kinds of situations. That, to me, is simply keeping my head in the sand.

Further, when the hell is the US going to deal with illegal underage marriage (and rape) within religiously sanctioned groups? LDS offshoots are alive and well in the US! There are others.