Phil's back in the news....

[tv1a]

Did Loretta Lynn get married at 12 years old?

[ILG]

I think 13.

[The Mrs]

I saw the video and thought it was said in a humorous light. The audience erupted with laughter. You would have to 'know' him and his very dry sense of humor to get it. Sadly, those doing the condemning don't want to acknowledge that.

[Hoovie]

How old was Mary, the mother of Jesus??

[houston]

14

[Abiding Now]

I've heard old men say....Marry them young and then you can raise them the way you want.

[Jermyn Davidson]

It wasn't toungue in cheek, he was speaking honestly. I don't think there is anything wrong with what he was saying. He advocates parental involvement.

The minimum age for marriage is 16, in Louisiana.

As for a different age or time period, he is younger than my Dad and while his parents married at 14 and 16 respectively, my Dad married at a more mature age, along with most of the "baby boomer" generation.

So that "different time period" argument is bogus.

He said what he said and he isn't backing down from that either-- and I am glad.