Some people feel that the legal age at which people can marry should be at least 21. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Some argue that
marriage
should be legal only after the 21st birthday. I firmly disagree with the said viewpoint as I believe that
marriage
should be a free personal choice.
Furthermore
, an older
marriage
age
wouldn
'
t
solve any problems. In
this
essay, I will try to explain my point of view.
First
of all, the main argument, why matrimony should be legal for all adults, is that
marriage
is an act of love between
two
individuals.
Therefore
, since
marriage
cannot do any possible harm to society or the public as a whole, the legal
age
shouldn'
t
be a question for the public to decide. To give a clear example, there is no legal
age
to have children, even though
this
action would involve not only
two
consensual persons, but a newborn and the government, helping with child money and education, as well.
Hence
, if actions
such
as childbearing, involving more than
two
people, are not regulated, neither should matrimony, involving only
two
loving individuals.
Moreover
, the change of the legal
marriage
age
wouldn
'
t
be able to solve the problems it is aiming to.
This
is due to the fact that a large part of the youth in their 20s are not mature and experienced enough,
thus
the number of situations of marrying and breaking up in a few months period
wouldn
'
t
be reduced greatly.
Nevertheless
, even if the rate could be reduced, what is unlikely, trying to do so shouldn'
t
be a government's prerogative, as it has been discussed in the previous paragraph. To conclude, I believe that the time for
marriage
should be a choice for a couple alone because the government's input
wouldn
'
t
be efficient.
Besides
, society
wouldn
'
t
feel any consequences even in the case of a bad
marriage
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Legal age
  • Marriage
  • Maturity
  • Stability
  • Individual choice
  • Freedom
  • Cultural practices
  • Religious practices
  • Education
  • Career aspirations
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