Two child brides made the news lately, one only after she was found in a semi-conscious state; and in each case their father had consented to the marriage.
THERE are perhaps no more base moments in morality than when fathers think it is OK to give away their ten-year-old daughters in marriage to men four times their age. Even worse, that it is done under the guise of religion.
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