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TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 12:49 pm I thought he was talking about the USA. He does represent rural MO.

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:02 pm How did two 12 year-olds legally marry though? Even with parental permission? Were they Amish? What kind of terrible parents force their 12 year old to get married?

Missouri in 2018 passed a law setting the state’s minimum marriage age at 16, with the approval of one parent or guardian. The law’s passage came after The Star revealed that Missouri had the nation’s most lenient marriage law for 15-year-olds. It previously allowed children even younger to marry with a judge’s approval.

Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politic ... rylink=cpy

Minors ages 14 and 15 must file a court action if they wish to marry. This option is available only in cases of pregnancy or teenage parenthood. A guardian ad litem must be appointed to give an opinion on whether the marriage is in the best interest of the 14- or 15-year-old, and the court must also consider the opinions of his or her parents. The judge must decide if the minor is ready for the responsibilities of marriage. You can find a copy of the complaint form needed to file the case here.

Children under the age of 14 may not marry.

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:44 am I think the last time I was in a strip club, you were there.

Not dancing thank god.

Leisher wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:56 pm 16 and 17 year olds serving booze I'm ok with, as long as all the other laws about their employment are followed and they are not put in bad situations.

Like can they grab a customer a beer at the Applebee's bar? Sure. However, do I want them closing the local dive bar on their own? No.

Leisher wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 2:57 pm McCarthy wants to raise the debt limit by $1.5T.

How about cutting $1.5T from the budget you dipshit?

TheCatt wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 6:33 pm Anti-drag show Republican invited underage staffer to his house + gave her alcohol

A member of GOP leadership in the Tennessee House of Representatives was recently found guilty of sexually harassing at least one legislative intern, likely two, by an ethics subcommittee acting in secret, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has learned.

About six hours after being confronted by NewsChannel 5 Investigates, Rep. Scotty Campbell gave up his seat in the Tennessee General Assembly
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Despite accusations of sometimes extremely vulgar comments and other inappropriate advances, Republicans did not remove the 39-year-old East Tennessee lawmaker from his leadership position nor from his committee assignments.

But taxpayers are paying for his actions.

NewsChannel 5 has learned that potentially thousands of dollars have been spent to protect one victim, relocating her from the downtown apartment building where she and Campbell both had apartments, shipping her furniture back home in another part of the state and placing her in a downtown hotel for the remainder of her internship.

Legislative officials refused to say how much they've paid out, saying that information is confidential.

Confronted with the allegations Thursday as he headed to Capitol Hill, Campbell referenced a second intern who was also involved in the investigation. NewsChannel 5 was previously unaware of that individual's complaint.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 11:22 am "Why should I be? He's not a Democrat"

Leisher wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:10 pm Thank goodness Democrats NEVER do this exact same thing!!! Don't drink the Kool-Aid Catt!!!

TheCatt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:38 pm

Leisher wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:10 pm Thank goodness Democrats NEVER do this exact same thing!!! Don't drink the Kool-Aid Catt!!!

The Democrats have 1 example of a SCOTUS with questionable financial ties, and that person resigned. So yeah, Democrats 1, Republicans 0.