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Originally Posted by Spaz
To me, a far more interesting debate brought up by the FLDS situation is the separation of abuse from beliefs.
To help explain, I'll give a few examples of situations...
Case A: A child is taught from the time she's born that plural marriage is the way to go. When she turns 13, she's told by her parents to marry an old fugly dude in his fifties. Believing it's God's will, she does so willingly, promptly becoming pregnant.
Case B: Same as above, except that the girl decides she doesn't want to marry the fugly dude, and objects. She is forced to marry him, promptly becoming pregnant.
Case C: Same as case A, but this girl is seventeen when married.
Case D: Same as case B, except the girl is seventeen when married.
To me, cases B & D obviously represent sexual abuse. Case C obviously does not.
I'm undecided on Case A.
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any religion needs to follow the law of the land. From what I understand it is against the law to wed at the age of 13/14 without a court order. From a medical perspective, getting pregnant at the age of 13 is NOT good.