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The world cannot keep its promise to end child marriage by year 2030 if California continues to hold up progress.
California is one of just four states in the nation with no minimum age for marriage. Minors of any age can be married if a judge and, in most cases, a parent or guardian approve.
In Britain, the median first marriage age for opposite-sex couples in 2020 was 35.3 years for men and 33.2 for women, about five years older than they would have been in 1995, and nine years older ...
In Antebellum America, marriages between older men and younger women were socially acceptable, while not extremely common. [31] Marriage was viewed more as a contract, and the minors to be wedded, typically girls, were thought of as going from the responsibility of one man, the father, to the other man, the husband. [31]
A series of interlocking economic, policy, civic, and cultural changes since the 1960s in America combined to create a perfect family storm for poor and working-class Americans.12 On the economic front, the move to a postindustrial economy in the 1970s made it more difficult for poor and working-class men to find and hold stable, decent-paying ...
In California, a constitutional amendment passed by the electorate takes effect the day after the election. [197] On the evening of November 4 the "Yes on 8" campaign issued a statement by Ron Prentice, the chairman of ProtectMarriage.com, saying "The people of California stood up for traditional marriage and reclaimed this great institution."
California is one of only four states that allows minors to marry. The governor and the Legislature’s leadership need to step up and protect children. Child marriage is an ugly reality in ...
Same-sex marriage has been legal in California since June 28, 2013. The State of California first issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples from June 16, 2008 to November 5, 2008, a period of approximately 4 months, 2 weeks and 6 days, as a result of the Supreme Court of California finding in the case of In re Marriage Cases that barring same-sex couples from marriage violated the ...