“If we continually restrict the freedom of marriage as a legitimate social option, when we do this to people who are a ripe, fertile age and may have a pregnancy and a baby involved, are we not in fact making abortion a much more desirable alternative, when marriage might be the right solution for some freedom-loving couple?” Edwards said.
I don’t think Marriage should have any legal basis whatsoever. It’s a religious ritual, and I don’t think the government should get involved in it. With that said, since marriage does have a legal basis allowing minors to be married is an utterly deranged practice.