Missouri GOP lawmaker defends child marriage and pushes trans care ban.
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Missouri State Senator Mike Moon defended child marriage during a debate on a bill he introduced that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the state. Moon cited a couple he knows who married at age 12 and are still together, claiming their parents consented to the marriage. Moon has a history of supporting child marriage with parental consent and voted against a bill in 2018 that raised the state's minimum marriage age from 15 to 16.
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