Is child marriage allowed according to the Torah?
This shared post, written from a religious point of view, asks whether child marriage is allowed according to the Torah, and whether abuse is ever acceptable.
The author writes that every year 12 million girls are married in childhood, which is 1 in 5 girls. The author also says that in America about 60% of Black girls are sexually abused by the age of 18, and that many boys are victims too.
In answer, the author quotes Deuteronomy 16:20: "Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land Yah your El is giving you."
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