New Oklahoma law, effective November 1, enforces tougher sentences for child sex crimes. Rep. Turner: "When they harm our children, we will no longer tolerate it."
(from 2020 is the most recent I could find on their child marriage laws)
Oklahoma lawmakers rejected a bill that would have stripped from parents and legal guardians of minors the legal power to consent to their marriages.
Oklahoma law allows teenagers 16 and older to get married if a parent or legal guardian consents or through a court order. Anyone younger than 16 must obtain a court order to get married.
Anyway, general point being, the US ruling class does not give a rat’s ass about protecting children. It just really likes using the law like a hammer and taking it on minority groups via selective enforcement and/or false accusations. We can expect that’s what will happen here. They launder it through issues like this precisely because it makes you sound like a bad person if you aren’t salivating to inflict maximum damage on the worst of predators. But in practice, we know they aren’t exactly going to be rushing to use it on white cops, legislators, rich people, ya know. And we know US cops suck at actually solving cases much less doing it accurately, unless it involves targeting minorities or enemies of the state (then they suddenly remember how to make things happen).
Also Oklahoma: https://apnews.com/general-news-96b8a77a2f7b177a5c20431940860c06
(from 2020 is the most recent I could find on their child marriage laws)
Anyway, general point being, the US ruling class does not give a rat’s ass about protecting children. It just really likes using the law like a hammer and taking it on minority groups via selective enforcement and/or false accusations. We can expect that’s what will happen here. They launder it through issues like this precisely because it makes you sound like a bad person if you aren’t salivating to inflict maximum damage on the worst of predators. But in practice, we know they aren’t exactly going to be rushing to use it on white cops, legislators, rich people, ya know. And we know US cops suck at actually solving cases much less doing it accurately, unless it involves targeting minorities or enemies of the state (then they suddenly remember how to make things happen).