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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In some places in Mexico, kids as young as 12 can marry. In Canada, it's 16. In many places and cultures, wide age differences are viewed as acceptable. Not sure why you think it's a "southern" or religious thing.[/quote]

Op here. I guess I asked the question poorly. I am well aware that marrying teen girls by much older men is common in many cultures and religions. I had not thought this was a common or accepted practice in any part of the US. I guess I was surprised at some of the comments from Alabama church leaders about the [consentual, legal] relationships between high school girls and men in their 30s to be ok. Some of the mothers of these girls were ok with their daughters being asked out by this guy. Note I am not talking about children below the age of consent and/or nonconsentual which everyone agrees is never ok but some don't believe these women. So the question really was whether this is an accepted practice in mainstream conservative southern churches today. [/quote]

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