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What parent would pimp a 14-year-old's hand in marriage online?
  • Re: Don't we wish it was over

    rhenly writes: "Don't we wish it was over ...While that web site might think it's a joke - the problem is real enough - even in the US......" and goes on to refer to Warren Jeffs polygamous sect.

    Actually I think the public reaction to the Warren Jeffs case shows that this type of behavior IS essentially over in the U.S. I'm sure the vast majority of Americans think that parents marrying off their children is wrong. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find someone, outside of FLDS, who thinks it's okay to arrange marriage for their underage child. Just because a few crackpots in Utah believe in something doesn't mean it's a serious problem in this country.