• shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    23 hours ago

    Check age of consent laws for American states. Find that outrageous? LOL, next have a look at Europe.

    If it’s legal to have sex with a 16 or 17 year old, it’s legally consistent to allow marriage.

    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
      6·
      17 hours ago

      You are working under the assumption that the consequences of sex and marriage are the same. Much of the world doesn’t agree, as per your list.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        15 hours ago

        I’m thinking we agree? In any case, the age of majority, marriage and consent are all over the place on this Earth, and almost all are under 18. Again, if you can fuck you should be able to marry, to be legally consistent.

    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      16 hours ago

      You both need to check Aisha’s age before even comparing US or Europe to it

      Classical Islamic sources state that Aisha was six at the time of her marriage with Muhammad and nine at the time of its consummation.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        15 hours ago

        I’m well aware, just commenting on modern age laws perhaps being crazier than most people know.

        • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          13 hours ago

          I guess being from Europe I don’t find the numbers particularly crazy, at least considering the context