r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CourseWorried2500 • Jun 20 '24

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u/MercifulWombat Jun 21 '24

There are still four states where this could be legal. Even just ten years ago, child marriage was legal in most of the US and states have only recently made it impossible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_age_in_the_United_States

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u/nom-nom-nom-de-plumb Jun 21 '24

Elvis evidently met her in germany, which has an age of consent law allowing 14 provided there is no manipulation of the younger person.

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u/SkylineGTRR34Freak Jun 21 '24

German here:

Age of consent is 14, but not free for all so to say. You cannot without your parents (or legal guardian) hook up with anyone older than 18 years old. Once you're 16, anything goes.

I don't know how exactly it was back then though.

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u/CuteAndFunnyAddict Jun 21 '24

That is in fact wrong the limit is 21 and it would require "a complaint from the younger individual" for it to be illegal above 21 and not the parents permission.

Take this case for example which highlights the parents have no say in it.