A West Virginia bill that would have raised the minimum age to secure a marriage license to 18 was blocked by Republicans in the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
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bill that would have raised the minimum age to secure a marriage license to 18 was blocked by Republicans in the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. As it stands, minors 16 and over may obtain a marriage license with parental consent, and children under the age of 16 must obtain an additional waiver from a judge.
The bill, which would have eliminated those exceptions and established 18 as the universal minimum age for marriage in the state, passed the West Virginia House of Delegates on March 1 in a landslide vote, with widespread support from Republicans. Kanawha County Republican Sen. Mike Stuart, an opponent of the bill who helped secure it’s 9-8 defeat in committee, justified his vote by stating thatmarried at 16 and gave birth to him six months later. “I’m the luckiest guy in the world,” Stuart said.
“I want to make it very clear that no one spoke against the bill,” tweeted Kayla Young, the Democratic delegate who sponsored the legislation. “They just made the clearly pre-determined motions and killed the bill. No one admitted why they think children as young as infants should be legally allowed to be married off.They first moved to table the bill without discussion, which failed, so they killed the bill instead.
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