well, nope... just like the floridadotgov link you provided... with 3 loopholes. Judges cannot even intervene if the parents want to marry their young girl.

The law exists... that is enough to validate the story... and this org can be trusted, especially today with pedophilia being an epidemic. But I'd think that the loophole is used when pregnancy is a fact. And very possibly when the parents are religious fundamentalists rejecting abortion. I would investigate this FL church without any hesitation!

ARTICLE: Sherry Johnson says she was raped four times by members of her family’s church congregation as a child.

Records pulled by Tahirih from the Virginia Department
of Health Statistics, for example, show that during 2004
-2013, nearly 4500 children were married, nearly 90%
of them were girls, nearly 90% married adults, and
sometimes those adults were decades older. Records
pulled by Tahirih from Maryland show that during 2000-
2014, 3100 children were married, again the vast
majority of them girls marrying adult men.
http://www.tahirih.org

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America's child marriage crisis: Virginia law tackles continuing issue
A measure that took effect this month removes a so-called pregnancy exception in the state – but concerns remain across the US
Friday 8 July 2016
........... Under the new Virginia law, 16- and 17-year-olds must apply to become emancipated before they can marry. A judge will evaluate whether a minor is being coerced to marry and may consider the age difference between a couple and a person’s criminal history in considering an application.
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The new Virginia law removed the so-called pregnancy exception, which automatically granted permission for children to wed if they were pregnant and had their parents’ consent.

“This was one of the really, really unbelievable loopholes in the law, that you could marry somebody as a way to avoid prosecution,” said Vogel.............
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...s-virginia-law

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Virginia Has Finally Outlawed Child Marriage. Will Other States Follow Suit?A few state legislators outside Virginia are also trying to address lingering laws in their states that legitimize child marriage and allow abusers to marry their victims. A bill similar to Virginia’s petered out in the Maryland state legislature this session, but is likely to come up again. If a proposed bill passes in New York, the state would become the first to completely outlaw any marriage for people under the age of 18.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...llow_suit.html

Quote Originally Posted by crimethink View Post
No, she wasn't.

The article is bullshit, intended to advance an agenda (and book sales).

As I have shown, that is NOT true.

The original source, the Jew York Times, didn't bother with the facts, as is typical of hard-left "reporting." They claim a county clerk issued a marriage license for the alleged marriage. This is simply impossible, as it requires a COURT ORDER to issue such a license for someone under 16.

Please present us the court case docket number of EVEN ONE such "marriage" that has happened in the last 30 years anywhere in the USA.

Further, cite a single verifiable legal marriage of a girl younger than 14 anywhere in the USA since before World War II.