Iran's Parliament passes law legalizing paedophilia. So says lawyer Shadi Sadr, who works

[snagglepuss]

for the group Justice for Iran. The law in question allows father's to marry their adopted daughters as young as 13 years old.

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The law was approved by the Iranian members of parliament and maintains that girls can marry with the permission of their father at the age of 13 and young boys at the age of 15.

'This bill is legalizing pedophilia,' lawyer Shadi Sadr, who works for the group Justice for Iran, told the paper.

'It's not part of the Iranian culture to marry your adopted child. Obviously incest exists in Iran more or less as it happens in other countries across the world, but this bill is legalizing pedophilia and is endangering our children and normalizing this crime in our culture.'


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[dipsydoodle]

1. Jerry Lee Lewis's third wife Myra was 13 when he married her.

I hadn't realised he wasn't American.

[snagglepuss]

2. You ignore the fact that the lawyer opposing this clearly states that

"incest exists in Iran more or less as it happens in other countries across the world, but this bill is legalizing pedophilia and is endangering our children and normalizing this crime in our culture.'"

No one is saying incest or underage sex doesn't happen in the US or elsewhere. THe reality is that Iran has legalized it.

[dipsydoodle]

3. In the US it had already legalised.

In 1957, the legal age for marriage in Mississippi was 14 for men and 12 for women, though it was revised upwards by a law passed that year.

I'm not saying I agree with Iran - just looking for some consistency here.

[leftynyc]

9. How about something more current

since that law was signed this week - you know, for relevance sake.

[Xithras]

4. What the article describes isn't pedophilia, it's incest.

Sadly, pedophilia is legal in a number of Middle Eastern nations, including Yemen and Saudi Arabia. They specify NO minimum marriage age, and little girls are sometimes married off as young as six years old. Incest, or marrying your own siblings, children, or parents, is another story entirely, and is considered a deeply shameful act.

Ironically, even in Saudi Arabia, a nation that routinely allows gray haired elders to marry and bed 8 year old girls, marrying your own daughter will get you beheaded.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. I know this is serious stuff but I can't get passed a lawyer named "Shadi"

[NuclearDem]

6. From the prestigious firm Shadi, Sketchi, and Krukid.

[Renew Deal]

7. Look at NH and Kansas

http://www.usmarriagelaws.com/search/united_states/teen_marriage_laws/

[The Big Green]

8. How can a country with such strict religious standards...

pass laws like this?