LogFAQs > #954737069

The problem is generally not so much with the age at which people are allowed to get married, it's with the fact that people can get married particularly young if they have parental permission. More often than not, that means parents forcibly marrying off their kids, not kids wanting to get married and seeking parental permission to work around the rules. Locking marriage at 18 and ignoring parental objections to that seems reasonable (and applying trafficking charges to anyone marrying off their kids). Even if that's above the local AoC, the lowest AoC in the country is 16, so that just means a couple can legally be together for two years before getting married, and if having to date for a couple years before getting married is the worst consequence of this, I'd say it's a worthwhile change.

streamofthesky posted...

Also, once again I'm calling you out for your misguided "slam" on the state:

I think it's still reasonable. Being above average is largely meaningless if the average is far lower than it ought to be. 45 more states should indeed amend their laws to be more consistent with reasonable standards for a developed country in 2021.

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