#child marriage

Umoja is a community of 48 women in the arid plains of northern Kenya. The word means ‘unity’ in Swahili.

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• Allow child marriage because of a pedophile religious leader

When i was in Basic School¹, the staff had this deranged tradition of “marrying” their students. They would get one boy and one girl, neither older than 6, dress them up as a bride and groom, and have a school-wide “wedding” for them. These children did not have to know each other in any way, and parents did not have to sign off on it. These children that were basically toddlers would each be given a ring, and would remain “married” until the next year, when they would do another ceremony with yet another set of kids. And all the “couples” would be widely regarded as just that for the rest of their time in the school, and would often be referred to as such by the staff. This was a common tradition in my area, if not the entire country. Did I also mention that most if not all schools in Jamaica are heavily Christian, and have at least half an hour every day dedicated to praise and worship? In some schools, students were not even released for lunch unless they all prayed.

Queer people aren’t indicating your kids. Queer people aren’t grooming your kids.

You are.

¹a basic school is a type of school located in the caribbean that essentially functions as a more educational kindergarten, teaching kids between 3 and 6 about the basic principles of what they’ll learn in primary school. children in basic school will learn how to add, subtract, read, write, and sometimes depending on how prestigious, will also teach them the basics of multiplication and division.

He was 42 at the time while she was 16.