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… we can do better. Or let me rephrase that, we, the people striving to be our best selves, are doing and will be all right. However, as a nation? We have a justice system that does not work anywhere near the same for all people, not even close. Then, on top of the systemic problems that lead to the system not working, or working in a nefarious way, profiting off of the suffering of marginalized people, there are, and have always been laws that make absolutely no sense.

The inspiration for this post may make your stomach turn, my wife is watching this show about child marriages, not in some far away land, but legally right here in the United States. The crux of it is that when minors get married, they don’t all of a sudden have the legal rights and resources of adults.

So let’s not pretend like the system doesn’t need a major overhaul, this is just one disgusting example. Let us strive to change the things we can in the system, and may we keep growing and learning to be able to recognize and call out injustice when we see it.