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Child Marriage Victims Call for Ban in California When Sara Tasneem was 15 years old, she met the 28-year-old man she would marry. They met over a glass of orange juice and were married by nightfall. The marriage was arranged by Tasneem’s father, when he learned she had a boyfriend and feared she might engage in premarital sex. “I was really scared of my dad,” Tasneem told The Epoch Times. “I grew up in a household where he was extremely abusive towards me. So I never questioned him. I also didn’t really realize what he was talking about.” Tasneem is now 40 and she is one of several former child-brides who are now rallying behind legislation to ban child marriages in California. ....