18 is the age of majority. You want to change that, then push for it. But right now, that is where it is because it makes sense with it being the age when most are just graduating high school at that age and getting out on their own.
The law is determined in accordance with what most people have decided is right, but it generally should be consistent and logical. There is sound reasoning behind making age of majority about the age that most are done with their primary education.
When only one thing is allowed at that age, while everything else requires a higher age, then you must question why it is so low and figure out if it is based on reason or simply tradition or old time thinking (which for the most part, it is). The trend has lately been raising the age of marriage, which is a good thing.
Plenty. You haven't said it though. Your entire opinion was not consistent with either the law or the majority's opinion on what marriage is. Most people now days view marriage as a union of two people, regardless of whether they want to or can have kids. The major evidence of this is the fact that almost 20% of couples (40-44) had no kids from any way, bio, adoption, step, or foster in 2010. Even more younger couples are reporting that they are not planning on having children even if they are getting married or planning on it or already married. And the majority have no issue with couples making that choice since it is and absolutely should be their choice.
Legal marriage is mainly for the couple, not children. The children benefit as an extra, but the spouses is what marriage sets up, that legal relationship, not the one with the children, that comes from birth certificates or adoption records.
Well, I am currently dating 3 women, and if I could marry all 3, I might be inclined to do so...
That would be unfair to someone like me, who had a difficult time finding any mates. Just because you are a super stud, doesn't mean that I should have to be lonely the rest of my life. Not really, but it's a viewpoint.
Which makes me wonder if this discussion is really economic in nature - the study of distribution and scarcity.
No, I call you extreme because of the absurdity of the argument you tried to make, not because I disagree with you.
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Right now, a large chunk of America's lower class men are overweight slackers. Take their women away from them and watch that change REALLY QUICKLY.
"Union" is a vague word. What is the difference, other than legal, between a married couple with no children, and a girlfriend/boyfriend couple who cohabitate?
Why is it a good thing?
And if you want consistency, why not push for the drinking age to be lowered to 18? Or the age to rent a car?
I do. I want the drinking age lowered.
I am fine with polygamy. Bigamy is different as its when one man is married to 2 or more women that don't know about each other - thus no consent.
That wouldn't be bigamy. That would be polygamy.
Do you have any information to back up that it isn't also the most common form as of now? While I know that there are polyamorous people out there, there simply aren't that many from what I've heard about. While I think most people are pretty good people, polyamory requires people to be more unselfish than the average person tends to be, especially when it comes to love and relationships. In cases of polygamy where it is one man with multiple wives, especially wives that have been taught from basically birth that their place is to marry young, take care of their husband, and have many kids, and that their husband will have other wives, that unselfishness is not needed.
While I think it would be a great thing if those that I described weren't the majority or most common, the pessimistic side of me doubts I am wrong, unless it happened really recently.
I'm also not sure what "my religion" is? I'm not religious. The quote in my signature line was a play on Halloween. I'm not a witch and observe no religion.
The word extreme has become a bumper sticker response to anyone who has conservative values. You never hear anyone on the left called extreme.
You marry in order to start a family and have kids, IMO. It's saying that you're both consenting to a relationship that will provide the best atmosphere for kids to grow up in.... which is a mom and a dad, a white picket fence, and all that jazz.
Nobody else should even bother getting married... including gays.
Actually it has more to do with consistency. 18 or older should be the age of marriage since that is the age when we are legally adults. The very fact that someone needs their parents to sign before that shows most teens aren't really mature enough to be married.
No, I call you extreme because of the absurdity of the argument you tried to make, not because I disagree with you.
That would be unfair to someone like me, who had a difficult time finding any mates. Just because you are a super stud, doesn't mean that I should have to be lonely the rest of my life. Not really, but it's a viewpoint.
Which makes me wonder if this discussion is really economic in nature - the study of distribution and scarcity.
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