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

.