Man sold 14 year old daughter into marriage for cash, beer, meat

[agzg]

What I find bizarre is that the dad called the police for the guy not holding up his end of the bargain for agreeing to marry (and I'm assuming within the next couple of months since the "dowry" is supposed to be for the wedding) off his 14 year old. 14! Is that a legal age of consent in California? If not consent, to marry?

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

What I find bizarre is that the dad called the police for the guy not holding up his end of the bargain for agreeing to marry (and I'm assuming within the next couple of months since the "dowry" is supposed to be for the wedding) off his 14 year old. 14! Is that a legal age of consent in California? If not consent, to marry?

i love how you put the pararenthetical (sp?) statement in between the verb root and its preposition modifier thing.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

i love how you put the pararenthetical (sp?) statement in between the verb root and its preposition modifier thing.

You like that? I do it all the time.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

You like that? I do it all the time.

cool! I do sometimes too

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

What I find bizarre is that the dad called the police for the guy not holding up his end of the bargain for agreeing to marry (and I'm assuming within the next couple of months since the "dowry" is supposed to be for the wedding) off his 14 year old. 14! Is that a legal age of consent in California? If not consent, to marry?

If the dad didn't know that this type of contract was illegal in California, I'm guessing that he was equally ignorant of things like the age of consent or marriable age. (Although apparently there is no minimum age for marriage in California if you have your parents' consent. Marriage would nullify any issues about age of consent or statutory rape.)

[PiKA2001]

kind of related, but a with a little more creep factor..

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/...age/index.html

8 years old? I know in middle eastern culture its normal for a guy in his 40's or 50's to take on a teenage bride but come on...