DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Yup, Trumps been coached to make a statement that hedges his bets.
Fundamentalist Christians like Moore and his defenders don't see what all the fuss is about. I mentioned above that there's no or low minimum ages for marriage with parental approval in many states. This is down to lobbying by such Christians. These same folk are the staunchest backers of Trump and the current GOP.
For those who do Twitter, it's worth looking at the thread below and comments. Some of it is pretty upsetting though.
Basically, it's quite common for 20 and 30 something men to approach parents of pre teen girls to express an interest in 'courting' them. They spend time with them, sometimes there's a 'betrothal.' Then they date and marry as soon as possible/legal.
Basically, so long as full intercourse doesn't happen before marriage, all is fine. The idea is that the child can be moulded from an early age to be a good, compliant Christian wife and guaranteed virgin.
Even if she's 16 or 18 when married, the 10, 15 or 20 odd years older man will have been grooming her, with the support of her family and community, for many years.
I remember at least 10 girls in my high school class of about 150 were married before graduation when we were 17 and 18. A few were 'shotgun' weddings - they were pregnant or already had babies by graduation night. Most though went to churches where this was a common thing. A few had already dropped out when you can legally do so at 16.
These days, those girls would probably be home schooled.
All makes me feel very sick. For most Republicans though, this is just fine.
I heard about stuff like this decades ago from some Mormons I knew.
you can't even respond to J Ed directly. You're now literally just posting like a child 'I'm not speaking to him but anyway heres what I think' incoming rolleyes 
