More Orange County Cities Look to Condemn Child Marriage

A mock wedding between a 12-year-old child bride and her 37-year-old fiance is staged in Oslo on October 11, 2014. The wedding was part of a campaign against child marriage. Audun Braastad/AFP via Getty Images

The boycott of child marriage is gaining momentum in Orange County, where two more cities are considering joining a movement to ban the practice.

Costa Mesa city council will vote March 2 on an “End Child Marriage Under 18, No Exceptions” law.  Aliso Viejo city council will vote to adopt the same resolution March 3. (It was scheduled to do so during its Feb. 17 meeting, but the motion was delayed.)