Missouri wingnut defends letting adults marry 12-year-old kids

Missouri wingnut Mike Moon (w) this week defended the rights of parents to marry off children as young as 12 years old.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that Moon made the remarks during a contentious debate over banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors in which Democratic State Rep. Peter Meredith accused him of hypocrisy for supporting the bill despite positioning himself as a champion of parents' rights. 
Missouri wingnut defends letting adults marry 12-year-old kids

Why does the word pedophilia come to mind when reading this horseshit?!