Generally, a 20-year old man who has sex with and impregnates a 14-year old girl is not the stuff of national news and New York Times articles. It is, however, when he's actually married to the girl and facing statutory rape charges. The happy couple live in Nebraska, but were married across the border in Kansas, where the minimum age for marriage is 12:
The governor of Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius, embarrassed by her state's status as one of the few allowing children as young as 12 to marry, has said she will propose a raise in the minimum age when the Legislature reconvenes in January.I can only imagine. To be fair, the young lovers did have the permission of their parents, which raises a whole other set of issues.
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