One ex of mine got married at 17, another at 18 (Appalachian milfs and I have a thing for each other). Neither decision was good, and people may think it's only a year, but the difference is drastic. At 18 you're legally an adult, but at 17 you aren't. At 17 you lack rights that your adult spouse has, like to file for divorce and to open bank accounts independently.

The minimum marriage age should be the age of majority and I don't care if your culture dislikes it. If you don't trust someone is old enough to sign a contract, why are you letting someone sign that contract? If they aren't old enough to purchase pornography, why are you letting them enter into a legal commitment with a sexual component? If they can't legally independently demand divorce why are you letting them marry at all?

We had to put a line between child and adult somewhere and 18 seems a pretty good place, but crossing that line grants an immense amount of freedom and independence.

Let’s be honest here, the United States aren’t the standard they claim to be.

That Wikipedia article is very poorly written and seems to contradict itself in the same paragraph multiple times. But I'm not surprised that the main locations for child marriages are Appalachia and the Jello-Belt. Backwoods hicks and ultra rural Mormons are the two main demographics i correlate with child marriage.

Aisha was six when she and Muhammad were married. I'm not sure it really compares

United States states ?

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.

The Karachi subreddit lol

Yeah, I was gonna say, this is a community moderator not a site admin.

Well, an admin not stepping in also speaks volumes. They were more than happy to step in when we complained about API changes.

Yeah, I walked away from reddit a couple of years ago now. I've been over there occasionally searching for something in particular and niche community this is definitely not the vibe for most of it.

Islam.

well on the plus side we do the same thing with lemmy instances so at least we're consistent

The point being made is that reddit Admins have zero problem banning anything that does not fit their "narrative". And that narrative has a hierarchy not based on basic morality and common sense. Ask yourself this question, even if there was a single post, would reddit Admins allow the promotion of child marriage by a Christian religious group that was mostly comprised of White people?

Maybe, but I'm 30 and honestly don't want to date anyone younger than 25.

207 for me. Makes sense, I'm told I'm an old soul.