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We're entering not-so-subtle whataboutism territory here. Which culture has normalized child marriage? Certainly not mainstream American culture. Even if it's technically legal under certain circumstances, it's exceptionally rare.



It's not just technically legal under certain circumstances. It's explicitly legal. Only 7 states enforce adult marriage, with thousands of child marriages occurring each year. This certainly occurs more often than that viral thing you were too grossed out to google, and frankly attributing online unsubstantiated rumors about lgbtq people, when literal child marriages are happening in the thousands among straight people, is frankly the whataboutism here.




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