Important bills concerning child marriage (HB41 and SB41) have been introduced with bipartisan support. The same bill has been introduced in both the House and the Senate. Under current law 16-year-old minors may marry with parental consent and 14-year-old children may marry if there has been cohabitation, pregnancy, or a child born to the parties. This scandalous law allows sexual abuse of minors provided that the abuse is followed by marriage. Without marriage, North Carolina law treats sex acts with children by adults as felonious sexual assault.
We are happy to report that the bill to ratify the ERA in North Carolina is now co-sponsored by all Democrats in the North Carolina House.
The South Carolina state Senate has passed a fetal heartbeat bill and the bill is expected to easily pass the South Carolina House.
In response to the insurrection at the national Capitol on January 6, a bill has been introduced (HB47) that would allow legislators and some others to carry concealed weapons in the legislative building.
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