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if its not statutory rape before they get married, it doesn't suddenly become it afterwards.

and, as far as i am aware, it requires judicial approval right now. presumably, if it were a case constituting statutory rape, the marriage wouldn't be signed off.

this isn't about 9 year olds getting married to 30 year olds.

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Statutory rape in California is sexual intercourse with anyone under 18. It’s a misdemeanor if the age difference is less than 3 years, but a felony if the adult is 21. So yes, a lot of these marriages would, in fact, constitute statutory rape.

That being said, the law makes an exception for married couples.

>That being said, the law makes an exception for married couples.

okay, so we're back to marriage != rape.

I was mostly addressing the “if it wasn’t statutory rape before marriage” claim. The fact is it usually would be.

Why does the law make an exception if the persons involved are married?

because it is statuary rape even if both voluntarily participate. to punish a married couple for voluntarily having sex would be absurd.

No age limits in Guam and Saipan. Age limit of 15 in ¿Kansas? according to a page someone linked to somewhere else in the thread. Also that site claims the youngest marriage in the US since 2000 was a ten year old.

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