In the Newsweek poll, 44 percent of Gen Zers said they supported child marriage.
Gen Z is largely in favor of child marriage, breaking away with other generations' view on the controversial practice, recent Newsweek polling data shows.In the Newsweek poll, 44 percent of Gen Z said they supported child marriage, and 57 percent said they would support the ACLU and Planned Parenthood in their efforts to oppose child marriage bans. Only 30 percent of the general survey population of 1,500 Americans supported child marriage.
'The only thing it's going to do is cause harm and trouble in young people's lives,' Republican Harrison County Delegate Keith Marple said before the state's House of Delegates voted to pass the bill.Delegate Doug Smith also said allowing child marriage is not terribly different from allowing a child to join the military at age 17 with parental consent, which happens often.
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