Louisiana lawmakers rejected a bill that would have set a minimum age to marry and instead rewrote the measure to allow those under age 18 to wed with a parent's blessing.
on Sunday that would have set a minimum age to marry and instead rewrote the measure to allow those under age 18 to wed with a parent's blessing.
When the House took up the bill, several conservative Republicans, whose party controls the chamber, balked at the idea, heavily rewriting the bill to allow those under 18 to marry with parental consent and requiring those under 16 to get judicial consent.on Sunday and now goes back to the Senate. The state's legislative session ends Thursday.
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