Girl's Refusal to Be Child Bride Inspires Nation »
Posted By gkaglobal 2 months ago in NewsThe defiance of a 13-year-old girl who refused her family's orders to get married has emboldened other girls in the impoverished village to also refuse to get married.
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calitennflo2 months ago
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Ever heard the saying,"Woe to those who hurt the child?"
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Application requires one does not hurt himself as a child either...be it the child is male or female.
The child may have grown in years, but the individual should always strive for improvement.It's part of being "Leaven", or one of increase.
The child in the story was praised, but those praising her should be praised also.
Especially since we all should know..."From a woman we are born, and back we men go each step of the way in Judgement." If we did not make a place suitable for her, we did not for ourselves. -
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Demzon2 months ago
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First thing to realize here is that the girl is in another culture, one that does not follow the Puritan/Christian beliefs as those at ABC news, and most readers here, do. Now after that realize that the lowest legal marriage age in the US is 14 in Alabama, New York, the Carolinas, and 13 in New Hampshire, with New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, and Washington having no minimum age with special requirements; mostly pregnancy. Also the Bible has no age requirement for marriage. Now, having thrown out any argument that might have been had that marriage of teens is wrong some how or 'wouldn't happen in the US.' where is there a wrong here? Yes the parents should have maybe backed off and allowed her to continue school. Another option would have been to make this girls continued education a stipulation of marriage. To write this article in the slant that they have is a bit wrong.
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That being said; my personal view is good for her. She is showing the makings of becoming a great leader someday. The world need more of those to bring people out of the darkness of poverty through education, and she is showing that this will likely be her view later in life.
I can not bring myself to say that it is a good article however due to glaring errors and overlooked facts.-
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sinophil492 months ago
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I must disagree with you about the absence of "wrong" here. The point is not the presence or absence of child marriages in India or anywhere else in the world. After all, Loretta Lynn famously married at the age of 13.
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The point is that this child was being forced to marry against her wishes. Moreover, she was on the path to a better future thru education which she happened to love.
It is now well documented that one of the clearest indicators of social and economic progress in a developing nation is the level of education of the WOMEN in that society. When the women and mothers are better educated, poverty levels, violence, illnesses, malnutrition, maternal and fetal and neonatal deaths ALL decline.
Every day, approximately 1500 women around the world die from complications of childbirth. The older sister of this girl had already had 4 miscarriages.
So for all these points, the forced marriage of this girl is horribly wrong. I do not see why any level of coercion (ie., a stipulation to allow continuing education) should be allowed.
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