8yr old wife divorces 50yr old Husband

[PlayingKoi]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30501798/
"A court in the central Oneiza region previously rejected a request by the girl's mother for a divorce and ruled that the girl would have to wait until she reached puberty to file a petition then.

There are no laws in Saudi Arabia defining the minimum age for marriage. Though a woman's consent is legally required, some marriage officials don't seek it.............................But there has been a push by Saudi human rights groups to define the age of marriage and put an end to the phenomenon.

One Saudi human rights activist Sohaila Zain al-Abdeen was optimistic that the girl's divorce would help efforts to get a law passed enforcing a minimum marriage age of 18."

The US has stated for the record "The United States, a close ally of the conservative Muslim kingdom, has called child marriage a "clear and unacceptable" violation of human rights."
This is ridiculous! we are allies with a country that allows IMO what is nothing more than child abuse.

[Achbek1]

Check this out:

http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh...07/table46.htm

Get a load of the age 75+ brides who caught grooms in their late teens or twenties. Or the grooms who got much younger brides. Or the age 75+ couples who got married.

[Achbek1]

I'm in no way justifying way underage marriage, but you might find this interesting.

Check this out:

http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh...07/table46.htm

Get a load of the age 75+ brides who caught grooms in their late teens or twenties. Or the grooms who got much younger brides. Or the age 75+ couples who got married.

[PlayingKoi]

I'm in no way justifying way underage marriage, but you might find this interesting.

Wasn't ignoring you, was out of town without a computer connection. Your link is interesting to say the least. I actually don't fault either sex for marrying someone much younger. I just think that arranged marriages between adults and children is unconscionable. If someone over the age of lets say 17 decides FOR THEMSELVES that they wish to marry, I say whatever comes from it, comes from it. It's just the idea of an 8 yr old!!