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Female Minors No Longer Allowed To Marry
2006-03-23
Paris, 23 March (AKI) - The French parliament has passed a law that increases from 15 to 18 the age at which females may marry - the same age limit already in place for men. The law, which aims to prevent forced marriages, also extends harsher penalties for marital rape and assault to partners and ex-partners.
Gee, I wonder who this law is aimed at?
Centre-right politicians have hailed the legislation as an important step forward for women's rights, while the opposition regretted that it did not go far enough, French daily Le Monde reported.

MPs also backed measures to counter sex tourism, child pornography and female circumcision. It will also become an offence to confiscate travel or identity documents to prevent a partner leaving.
Seething in 5..4..3..
Posted by:Steve

#3  SO even in France Socialism is about money, the Few controlling the Money, the Many, and the Money of the Many, NOT Utopianism let alone Universal Utopianism. Does explain, AGAIN, as per DRUDGEREPORT why Cuba's Fidel, his physicians and family members enjoy themselves at lavish on-island retreats while the Cuban people and even Fidel's own Army all starve. CUBA = NORTH KOREA = we'll see how the Pols, Generals, Admirals, lower ranks and Burrcrats react when their own families begin the starvation cycle, which BTW has already begun in NK and is starting to happen in CUBA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-03-23 22:10  

#2  NB: This is only who they'll issue marriage licenses for, it does nothing to stop "marriages" that exist only after religious ceremonies.

Read Viking Observer earlier, and apparently one of the welfare scams being pulled is to marry someone, get a civil divorce (but not one in the eyes of Islam) and then "remarry" the second, third, etc. wife. All but the last wife are considered single parents by the welfare state, so...
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-03-23 15:59  

#1  This won't work unless they raise the age for statuatory rape to 18. They'll just do like the Iranians do and have short duration marriages, followed by rape and an automatic divorce.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-03-23 15:38  

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