Re: Texas AG Says Workers Can Refuse Marriage Licenses to Gays
But we have lots of laws with a minimum age requirement. It's 16 to drive, 18 to join the military and to register and to enter into most contracts, 21 to drink alcohol. Each of those are separate issues. There are reasons one can find why the age of "consent" for an abortion is zero in some states. In my state one or more of the girl's parents have to give permission. In Montana, no parental involvement is needed. You can rage about hypocrisy with the Montana legislature if you want, but this thread isn't about abortion. It's about marriage, which is a different topic altogether.
What you said there is also calls to question what age a person becomes an adult. Since there is multiple ages in which a person can engage in adult activities. Using abortion as a guide is not out of the question since getting an abortion is an even greater act than getting married. It also underscores one of the arguments in which homosexuality was made normal in the eyes of the government. That being that homosexuality is found in nature. What is also found in nature is sex at puberty. And, if we are to use nature as our guide to declare one act as normal, then we can do so for the other. (Since a girl would not need an abortion if she was incapable of getting pregnant.)
So, the discussion becomes:
Homosexuality is normal because it's found in nature. So, gays should be allowed to marry since they are normal.
Sex at puberty is normal because it is found in nature. So, girls of any age should be allowed to marry since it's normal.
BUT WAIT!. They cannot get married since they can't make adult decisions.
Oh, but they do. The majority of states (37)allows her to make the adult decision to get an abortion without her parent's consent.
Therefore, since in the eyes of the government a girl of any age can make an adult decision to get an abortion, she can then make the adult decision to get married.
And, under the equal protection clause, this will not be restricted to just girls. And it will not be restricted to those that live in those 37 states.
And, thus, pedomarriage is born.