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Forced Marriage In The United States

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Now in the United States, many young girls who are about 18 years old get married to adult men, with approval from local judges, or if their parents signed the marriage. It is becoming a serious problem. Some states even allow the marriage even of the elementary school students. Shockingly, 91 percent of children were married to adults recently. Forced marriage is a widespread but often ignored problem in the Unites States.

If a young girl and an adult man got married, then how are they going to divide the payments that they have to pay? Are the young girl’s parents responsible on that? If they need to pay, then what is the point that they are letting their children to get married? It is not like ancient times, which parents make their children
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