Kansas sets minimum marriage age

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Showing that even the most backward idiots once in a while recognize that they are backwards idiots, Kansas has set a minimum marriage age. This was in response to a mother shipping her pregnant daughter and boyfriend to Kanas to get married.

So 15-year-olds can still get married in Kansas as long as they're not gay.

The sex part is tricky, since some religions require consummation for a marriage to take effect. So if Kansas said that a couple could marry but could not have sex for a year, they would be violating religious laws.

Kansas has established 15 as the minimum marriage age in the state. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill into law Wednesday, though it won't take effect until July.
Lawmakers were moved to action after a pregnant 14-year-old girl moved to the state to marry her 22-year-old boyfriend. Previously, Kansas set no minimum age if a parent or judge approved of the union.
Sebelius said she wants to protect young people from harm and prevent abusers from using marriage as a way to conceal their abuse, and pointed out that the law now specifies 18 as the age someone can marry without parental or judicial consent.
The new bill makes provisions for 16- and 17-year-olds and, if a judge approves, 15-year-olds can marry.

Eric Rucker, chief of staff for Kansas attorney general Phill Kline, questioned the logic of setting the bar at 15.
"How is it that a person can get married at 15," he asked, "when the general law of the state of Kansas says you cannot consent to sexual activity until you're 16?"