I wonder how many mormons have read this article?

[greiner3]

A 10-Year-Old Divorcée Takes Paris

In a dimly lit corner of a Paris bar a delighted young divorcée describes in a soft voice how she spent the day throwing snowballs for the first time in her life. That is not remarkable. This is: Nujood Ali is just 10 years old — and was, until recently, the youngest known divorced person in the world.

Slender with thick hair and a shy smile, Ali made headlines in Yemen last April when she walked out on a man more than three times her age, to whom her father had married her off. It was an act driven by terror and despair.

Asked how she spent her week in Paris, Nujood's eyes widen as she says, "I saw the Eiffel Tower; I saw the Seine." Shaken by the testimony of violence during her divorce trial, Yemen's lawmakers raised the minimum age of marriage from 15 to 18. Two other girls in Sanaa — one age 9, the other 12 — have since sued for divorce, while an 8-year-old in Saudi Arabia has won a divorce suit, apparently inspired by Nujood's tale. Nujood says she hopes to ignite a far broader movement of girls to quit their child marriages, adding, "They should not be scared of their fathers or their husbands."

More at;

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1876652,00.html?cnn=yes

[Taverner]

1. You mean FLDS

The regular Mormon church doesn't do child brides (anymore - they used to)

This is, however, something to take into account when discussing the "Purity Balls"

[get the red out]

2. Is someone protecting her from her family

won't they murder her if they get their hands on her?

[SidneyCarton]

3. As Taverner noted above...

Mormons do not take child brides, and have not for generations.

Fundamentalist Mormons, who are considered apostates by mainstream Mormons, do continue such practices. If a member of the Mainstream church attempted such activity, disciplinary action would be taken against them, and they would be excommunicated.