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 Nobody even talks about it, anymore, as it's been normalized. We're not supposed to complain. 
 Wait wtf? 
 Child marriages, amongst the refugees that arrive here, or involving children who are trafficked to home countries for forced marriages, are generally tolerated, for cultural reasons. Once the child reaches adulthood (16 years old), the marriage is usually confirmed with a state license.

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/bundestag-kinderehen-schutz-100.html 
 Smh wtf 
 Wait wtf? 
 Child marriages, amongst the refugees that arrive here, or involving children who are trafficked to home countries for forced marriages, are generally tolerated, for cultural reasons. Once the child reaches adulthood (16 years old), the marriage is usually confirmed with a state license.

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/bundestag-kinderehen-schutz-100.html 
 Smh wtf 
 Smh wtf 
 Yup. They had to flee 
 It's everywhere in the West. This is in the USA. A man tries to strangle his 17 year old daughter to death in public in an honor killing for refusing an arranged marriage:

https://video.nostr.build/b8f4c61f21f98708f7ba96ae7831542afd8652905319d60f77bb47873ae2b4f4.mp4