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Old 01-14-2009, 02:29 PM   #1
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"If it is said that a woman below 15 cannot be married, that is wrong. If a girl exceeds 10 or 12 then she is eligible for marriage, and whoever thinks she is too young, then he or she is wrong and has done her an injustice."

His comment came in the wake of several well-publicized cases of young girls being married to men sometimes old enough to be their great-grandfathers.


Child abuse...plain and simple. The free world needs to stop dealing with the countries that do this sort of thing.

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Jerry Lee Lewis and/or Greenfield, California may not agree.
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Insert pedobear pic here..
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Old 01-14-2009, 02:40 PM   #5
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Insert pedobear pic here..
Missed it by (looks a timestamp of post directly above) 7 minutes.
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Huh, human rights violations against females in Saudi Arabia? I am in shock.
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Missed it by (looks a timestamp of post directly above) 7 minutes.
LOL.. I wondered what gozer posted.. My work internet filter made that pic a nice white box with a red x.
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before I opened the article, I thought it was going to be one about Warren Jeffs or Winston Blackmore.
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a) Wonder why Cheese is so interested in this .

b) I love the wording. Any girl exceeding the age of 10 or 12. Not 11. And it looks like 12 is not above 10. I know it's small, but it's the little things that make me laugh.
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Child abuse...plain and simple. The free world needs to stop dealing with the countries that do this sort of thing.
Is Texas a country?

While I agree that this type of thing is child abuse, this behavior is not limited to one ethnic or religious group as you seem to suggest.
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LOL.. I wondered what gozer posted.. My work internet filter made that pic a nice white box with a red x.
LOL, np. I actually wondered if that might be it (since normally I would have the same issue but my work's firewall is currently down...shhhhh)
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Huh, human rights violations against females in Saudi Arabia? I am in shock.
Hey Mr. Smug!

Look at what happens in Texas, Utah and BC before turning this into an anti Arab or Muslim thread.
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Our filter cuts in and out. If it blocks you, just hit refresh until it doesnt.
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Is Texas a country?

While I agree that this type of thing is child abuse, this behavior is not limited to one ethnic or religious group as you seem to suggest.
While you are correct, but in this specific article it was "Saudi Arabia's senior-most cleric" who said it, not just George and Jeb from Texas.
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Look at what happens in Texas, Utah and BC before turning this into an anti Arab or Muslim thread.
Pretty small parts of those areas participate in questionable stuff. We're talking about the entire country of Saudi Arabia.
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So...they're one of those "if theres grass on the field..." kind of societies are they?
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Pretty small parts of those areas participate in questionable stuff. We're talking about the entire country of Saudi Arabia.
Agreed

The head cleric of Saudi Arabia is more or less equivalent to the Pope. Not just minor loonies.
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Hey Mr. Smug!

Look at what happens in Texas, Utah and BC before turning this into an anti Arab or Muslim thread.
Okay, wow, I was merely stating Saudi Arabia doesn't exactly have a glowing record of social acceptance and equality. You need to stop making mountains out of molehills.
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So...they're one of those "if theres grass on the field..." kind of societies are they?
Actually, I don't think they wait for the grass:

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In December a Saudi court at Unayzah, 220 kilometres (135 miles) north of Riyadh, rejected a plea to divorce an eight-year-old girl married off by her father to a man who is 58, saying the case should wait until the girl reaches puberty.
Sick.
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Now now we can't judge other people.... FUGGGGG that these people are freaks..! 50 year difference..? WOOOOOW
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