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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months ago

Missouri legislature votes to ban child marriage, raising age to 18

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Missouri legislature votes to ban child marriage, raising age to 18

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months ago

The bill now only needs the governor’s signature to become law.

I don’t get why a such law took so long, but late is better than never.

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    Shipping costs on 4.5 bags of funyuns probably wasn’t that bad.

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