Why am I not surprised?

Thanks to the negligence of Gov. Mike Beebe of Arkansas, an "inadvertently added word" that went unnoticed was passed as Arkansas state law earlier this year, which can now only be overturned in the legislature. This brilliant piece of legislation now reads:

"In order for a person who is younger than eighteen (18) years of age and who is not pregnant to obtain a marriage license, the person must provide the county clerk with evidence of parental consent to the marriage," the not being the inadvertently added word. Basically, as it reads, anyone under the age of 18, even babies, can get married with consent of the parent, provided that neither partner is in fact pregnant!

For a state that, like many others in the recent past, amended their constitution to prevent same-sex couples from the right to marry, this sure does send a comforting message about norms in our society ;)

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