The Ideology of Underage Marriages in Conservative Christianity

Rather than at least remaining neutral on the subject or better yet, speaking up for voiceless girls and young women like the Bible adjures Christians to do, certain teachers, preachers, and celebrities like Swanson, Bruehner, Robertson, the Duggar family, and others, actively encourage early marriage, even child marriage…

Child Marriage: I Dodged the Bullet

Ever since I can remember, my mom really really really wanted to be pregnant at the same time as me.

On Child Marriage: Kevin Swanson and Dave Bruehner Defend Phil Robertson

“Kevin Swanson and Dave Bruehner have now publicly joined with Phil Robertson (in particular) and Matthew Chapman (in general) in defense of child marriage. In their latest Generations with Vision broadcast, ‘Sexting and Christian Modesty,’ Swanson and Bruehner mount a defense of Phil Robertson.”

Like Matthew Chapman, Duck Dynasty Star Endorsed Child Marriage

“In both cases, the reasons for endorsing child marriage are essentially identical: girls married off at 15 are children, not adults, and are therefore more pliable, less assertive, and more easily led. They do not have life experience or a fully developed sense of self.”

Matthew and Maranatha Chapman Withdraw from 2014 CHEO Convention

As of yesterday, Matthew and Maranatha Chapman are no longer presenting at Christian Home Educators of Ohio’s (CHEO) annual homeschool convention this summer. Matthew Chapman was a keynote speakers and his wife Maranatha was slated as a featured speaker.

Matthew Chapman to Headline the 2014 CHEO Convention

“Matthew Chapman is going to be a keynote speaker at Christian Home Educators of Ohio’s annual homeschool convention this summer. This is a major convention, and this past summer the now-discredited Doug Phillips was a keynote speaker… Like it or not, it appears that the mainstream of the Christian homeschooling movement, its major convention circuit, has chosen to give a platform to those who practice and promote the marriage of girls of 15 and 16 to much-older men.”

Jonathan Lindvall and Child Marriage: The Maranatha Story

When Matthew first expressed his interest in Maranatha, she was 13 and he was 26.