Unless there's more to it that I'm missing, that "article" was a whole two sentences:

A proposal making its way through Tennesssee state legislature would establish a common-law marriage between “one man” and “one woman.” However, opponents of the bill say it would eliminate an age requirement, and in some instances, open the door for a coverup of child sex abuse.

Anyway, here's the bill they're (apparently) talking about. Sometimes I think it's deliberately left out of the articles because they don't want you to read it for yourself.

Edit: Here's the "Summary," establishing marriage as being between one man and one woman.

Edit Edit: Ohhh, I get it now. They're saying by not explicitly defining ages in the definition of "marriage," they are allowing people to circumvent any consent laws. So now they're back to explicitly defining "woman" and "man" again.

Are there any biologists in the house? Because when I read "between one MAN and one WOMAN" I was certainly not picturing a couple of junior-high school students.

You know, if you told your parents or your best friend that you planned on marrying someone and they told you that they forbid it, you might say something like, "Thanks for your input and I'll think about what you said, but I'm an adult and can make my own decisions and take responsibility for this." You might even say something less polite.

So who exactly asked any government anywhere to regulate this for us? And why? And if you think you need to be controlled, do you think everyone else can't control themselves just like you?

Are these people secret Muslims?