We at Unchained At Last made some serious noise. And New Jersey legislators heard us.
They put the bill to end child marriage back on the assembly agenda for June 7 – after they had removed it May 24 because one legislator insisted the bible requires a girl who is raped to marry her rapist.
If you were one of the hundreds of people who Chained-In June 3, or emailed and called the assembly speaker and expressed outrage on social media over the last 10 days, thank you. You made this happen.
Of course, the fight is not yet over. Please continue to make noise until New Jersey follows Delaware’s lead and becomes the second U.S. state to end child marriage, a human-rights abuse that destroys girls’ lives. Then only 48 states to go.
Read more here about the national movement we lead to end child marriage in America.
