I don’t get why a such law took so long, but late is better than never.

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    18 hours ago

    In many it used to be something like with parental permission. Basically child trafficking enshrined in law.

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      Human trafficking was the foundation of our great nation. Hell, there’s still a lively Mail Order Bride market out of the States.

      We can’t stop. We won’t stop.

      I’ll be curious to see if this law survives contact with the courts. Perhaps we’ll even see destination weddings happening on the other side of the Arkansas border.

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        Dammit man, this hits close to home. I’m from Missouri and we used to talk shit on Arkansans all the time. Now I’ve lived in Arkansas for over a decade and can confirm… there are some sketchy parts. Lol, I need to escape.

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          Well, you can always come down and hang with me in Texas. nervous laughter

          scrambling to hide from the Abbott gestapo patrol

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          5 hours ago

          I used to live in Louisiana. Never felt uncomfortable there but the few times I went into Mississippi or Alabama terrified me. You’re looking around at swamp land as far as the eye can see and realize that it would not be hard to hide a body.