jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agoVirginia Becomes the First State in the South to End Child Marriagemsmagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
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minus-squarecybersandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoAs a Virginian, 1. I didn’t know that was still a thing 2. I didn’t know our legislature was working on this 3. I’m shocked younkin signed it. The guy is a grade a clown.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoAs far as 3, you really think that’s a hill he wants to die on? I know some state legislatures have killed similar bills, but a governor expending political capital to veto it?
minus-squarebradorsomething@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoAfter this, and Alabama barely avoided electing a known pedophile, I feel the bar has really been raised by southern voters.
As a Virginian, 1. I didn’t know that was still a thing 2. I didn’t know our legislature was working on this 3. I’m shocked younkin signed it.
The guy is a grade a clown.
As far as 3, you really think that’s a hill he wants to die on? I know some state legislatures have killed similar bills, but a governor expending political capital to veto it?
After this, and Alabama barely avoided electing a known pedophile, I feel the bar has really been raised by southern voters.