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So is child marriage in many states.
The US is not as progressive as some people like to think.
People think the US is progressive?!
Americans seem to think so. They're busy condemning the rest of the world for things that they're still doing themselves.
Many things you'd think should be illegal aren't just because the problem rarely ever arises.
300k minors have been married over theast 20 years, 86% of those were minor girls and adult males. 13 years old was the youngest.
As long as you're convicted of a crime.
We all know white collar crininals aren't the ones who are forced to work, just petty crimes and people caught up in the racist war on drugs.
Yuup. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude EXCEPT as punishment for crime
We're gonna abolish this and put an except IMMEDIATELY AFTER
Totally unrelated, in some areas it's a crime to sleep in public.
this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2024
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