Republican Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon speaks in his Capitol office on Feb. 1, 2022, in Jefferson City, Mo.
Republican Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon speaks in his Capitol office on Feb. 1, 2022, in Jefferson City, Mo.
  • Missouri State Sen. Mike Moon defended child marriage on Tuesday, citing a couple he knows.
  • Moon said the couple married at age 12 and that they were still together.
  • He added they had gotten pregnant and that their parents consented to the marriage.

Missouri State Sen. Mike Moon defended child marriage on Tuesday, touting the apparently successful marriage of people he knows who got married when they were 12.