It's OK to to try and have sex with a 14 year old because Joseph and Mary...

[Nearly Sane]

Just eh?


https://www.yahoo.com/news/roy-moore-ally-compares-underage-231500999.html

[Robbie]

Or meh.

Christians have traditionally thought of Mary as a young girl but not a child. No-one knows how old she was. Ridiculous thing to say.

[floo]

Just eh?


https://www.yahoo.com/news/roy-moore-ally-compares-underage-231500999.html

Is that guy for real?

[Nearly Sane]

And surely technically Joe wasn't a biological parent as the loon implies.

[Robbie]

There is that but I think he's referring to the idea of a 14 year old being married to an older man being OK and comparing that to the marriage of Joseph and Mary - whose precise ages we don't know.

[Nearly Sane]

There is that but I think he's referring to the idea of a 14 year old being married to an older man being OK and comparing that to the marriage of Joseph and Mary - whose precise ages we don't know.

which is why I think it an odd approach

[Robbie]

Very.

[Maeght]

There is that but I think he's referring to the idea of a 14 year old being married to an older man being OK and comparing that to the marriage of Joseph and Mary - whose precise ages we don't know.

For it to be a valid comparison he must think Mary was a similar age otherwise it is meaningless.

[Robbie]

Yes, he must think it - or else talking off the top of his head without thinking.

[jeremyp]

Even if it were true that Mary got married aged 14 (which it might be), so what? The idea that women can't get married until they are 16 is a relatively recent innovation.

[Robbie]

You're right there and in some parts of the world, including states in the USA, they are allowed to marry at 14 even now.

[Rhiannon]

I read recently that in some US states there is no lower age limit for marriage.

[Robbie]

I think I read that too Rhiannon, in an article about child brides in some states of the USA.  The age limit varies throughout America, in some places you have to be eighteen, in others sixteen and - others any age!

[Anchorman]

This is not just a numpty;
This is a Trump worshipping numpty.

[floo]

I read recently that in some US states there is no lower age limit for marriage.

If true that is shocking!

[Nearly Sane]

If true that is shocking!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_marriage_in_the_United_States

[floo]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_marriage_in_the_United_States

That is just terrible, you might expect that in some Islamic countries but not in the US!

[Nearly Sane]

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/child-marriage-200000-us-data-staggering/

[Owlswing]

If true that is shocking!

See the visit of Jerry Lee Lewis with his wife who was not only underage (here) but also. if I remember rightly, his blood cousin.

[floo]

See the visit of Jerry Lee Lewis with his wife who was not only underage (here) but also. if I remember rightly, his blood cousin.

Who is Jerry Lee Lewis?

[Shaker]

http://tinyurl.com/yagfuq42

http://tinyurl.com/y9j258uu

[Owlswing]

http://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/head-desk-gif-1.gif

ROTFLMAO!

[Robbie]

See the visit of Jerry Lee Lewis with his wife who was not only underage (here) but also. if I remember rightly, his blood cousin.

I saw a biopic of Jerry Lee Lewis on BBC4 a while ago. Yes he did marry a thirteen year old cousin - not a first cousin. It wasn't unusual in the region where he lived. They did eventually divorce but she always spoke well of him, wild man that he was. When he came here he brought her with him, the press found out her age & he was no longer welcome.

The country star, Loretta Lynn (Coal Miner's daughter), married at 14, had three kids by 18, and I think she remained married to the same man for life.

Floo probably doesn't watch BBC4 but as well as great music, it's quite an education!

[Shaker]

I saw a biopic of Jerry Lee Lewis on BBC4 a while ago. Yes he did marry a thirteen year old cousin - not a first cousin. It wasn't unusual in the region where he lived. They did eventually divorce ...

Apparently he wanted to concentrate on his musical career; she wanted to concentrate on her colouring in.

[floo]

I saw a biopic of Jerry Lee Lewis on BBC4 a while ago. Yes he did marry a thirteen year old cousin - not a first cousin. It wasn't unusual in the region where he lived. They did eventually divorce but she always spoke well of him, wild man that he was. When he came here he brought her with him, the press found out her age & he was no longer welcome.

The country star, Loretta Lynn (Coal Miner's daughter), married at 14, had three kids by 18, and I think she remained married to the same man for life.

Floo probably doesn't watch BBC4 but as well as great music, it's quite an education!

I dislike music.