Who's crazier - the girl or her parents?
A 14-year-old Israeli girl has got a divorce from her 17-year-old husband, making her what media are describing as the country's youngest divorcee. The divorce came after a rabbinical court ruled that their wedding met the major requirements of Jewish law. The two sweethearts had exchanged vows in front of friends, exchanged a ring, and the union had been consummated.
When her parents found out what had occurred, they insisted on a religious divorce, which she initially refused. Both partners come from traditionally religious Jewish families.
... The girl is said to have initially refused her parents' demand for the divorce, saying she wanted to live with the boy. She said she wanted to marry him officially when she was old enough. The Israeli press says she only changed her mind when the boy's parents offered her money.
Source: BBC News (highlighting mine)
Both sides seem rather crazy to me here, but if I had to choose I'd say that the parents are a touch crazier. I suppose that given that these folks are Jews, they wouldn't accept this as part of God's word. Yet on the other hand, even if she did marry at (what today but not historically is) a crazily young age, what purpose is served by a divorce? ... and even if the Mosaic law did make greater allowance for divorce than Matthew 5, bribery to induce a divorce still seems beyond the line.