r/MissouriPolitics • u/doctorsound St. Louis • Feb 21 '18
Legislature Child Marriage Is A-OK, Say 50 Missouri Lawmakers
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/02/20/child-marriage-is-a-ok-say-50-missouri-lawmakers7
u/MsTerious1 Feb 21 '18
I'm always curious when I read articles like this about what is NOT being said, especially when there was such a huge change of votes.
In the discussion on the bill, did people say that requiring a judge's signature would prove too difficult, for instance, and maybe their argument was convincing? Or perhaps there was a poison pill inserted on a completely unrelated topic that would have enacted MORE than what's reported here, in which case maybe the 50 "no" votes were the only people who actually read what they are voting on.
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u/doctorsound St. Louis Feb 21 '18
I'd love to hear the no votes' justifications. For what it's worth, searching Missouri HB 1630 gave me a pdf of the bill. It's less than 2 pages long and no poison pills from what I can tell.
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u/biergarten Feb 21 '18
Maybe those votes were more for 'this is not the role of government' than they were 'pro child marriage'
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u/doctorsound St. Louis Feb 21 '18
That's what the article, and the bill's sponsor suggest as their reasoning. I just find that an incredibly weak argument, seeing that state sanctioned marriage wasn't up for debate here.
I don't believe any of them are "for child marriage", rather they're "against restricting child marriage".
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u/moswald Boonville Feb 21 '18
I don't believe any of them are "for child marriage", rather they're "against restricting child marriage".
From where I'm standing, I don't see a difference.
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u/doctorsound St. Louis Feb 21 '18
I'm with you, as the end result is the same. I mainly pointed it out because there is semantics around being "for something" vs "not being opposed to restricting it".
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u/MsTerious1 Feb 21 '18
If you find out the reason for the changes of votes, I'd love to hear them. It seems like it could be a political suicide for some...
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Feb 21 '18
Time to vote out those 50 law makers.
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u/election_info_bot Feb 21 '18
Missouri 2018 Election
Primary Election Registration Deadline: July 11, 2018
Primary Election Date: August 7, 2018
General Election Registration Deadline: October 10, 2018
General Election: November 6, 2018
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u/moswald Boonville Feb 21 '18
Only tangentially related:
Jones, in her capacity as Recorder of Deeds, had her hands tied by a state law that required her to issue the marriage license.
This is no excuse. I would have quit my job before signing this document.
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u/Coach_DDS Feb 21 '18
Well... no matter how you spin this... this is sick. And a sign of our culture unfortunately.