Posted on 06/10/2012 5:08:04 AM PDT by Conservaliberty
Okay folks, I’m just going to jump right into it. The Huffington Post just posted a piece asking for the government forbidding the practice of marriage for young people. The author writes, "couples should not be allowed to get married before age 25."
I know what you’re thinking…hipsters.
You’d be correct. No longer confined to the ever-changing world of ironically ugly fashion, hipsters are now applying their trendy outlook to their very own values, demanding that the government enforce them onto others in the process.
“Who knows? Maybe there are 20-year-olds that get married and stay madly in love for their whole lives… Maybe there is such thing as fairies and unicorns too.”
Yes, this is actually the crux of an argument that author Jennifer Nagy genuinely believes to be factually sound. Writing a rebuttal almost feels wrong, as one can truly sense how proud she was of her accomplishment. Clearly, she’s very pleased with herself...
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DU only has time for certified nuts.
Some say married people live longer, others say that it just feels that way.
Wife and I married at 18 right out of high school and didn’t have to to the surprise of a lot of folks. 39 years later we’re still together having fun and enjoying life. Two daughters 34 & 26 with familes and 3 grandkids.
Ok, fair enough, lets ban such marriages.
Of course, if there are solid logical reasons for any government being able to do such a thing to its citizens, then that argument extends to other aspects of life and freedom, as well.
Certainly if you aren’t capable enough to get married, then you certainly don’t have the ability to VOTE.
Or drink. Or raise children or have sex.
Or get the DL privileges that any adult has.
Or...
And if you are over 35 and unmarried, the government will pick a spouse for you and force you to marry. (Gender combinations will be the government decision.)
It’s political.
If you push up the age for Bible people, they are likely to produce fewer Bible people - legitimate babies - who will in 18 years tend to be politically Conservative.
This will not stop non-Bible people from breeding illegitimate babies who will more than likely be Liberal voters in 18 years.
This will change the political horizon by intercourse.
It's not from a book nor a gummint program.
Parents demanded and forced loyalty and honor from the child that practiced it in marriage.
America was built by rough men, home schooled kids that married (late?) at 18, and a God that was the same for Catholics, Baptists, Methodists and Jews.
This writer has a case of the sillies. Many couples get married - at 18 or 25 or 39 or 55 - love each other the rest of their lives. However, love between people past the Disney princess stage means a selfless commitment to work for the good of the other, including a commitment to loyalty regardless of transient feelings.
This isn't to say that a couple can't be "in love" for twenty or fifty or seventy years, but it's not "madly in love": it's "rationally in love" and "spiritually in love," enjoying romanting feelings when you have them, and enjoying mature commitment and accomplishment even when one is feeling that maybe "old maid with catz" wouldn't have been such a bad plan after all.
I say voting before age 25 is too young.
Last election is proof.
Serve in the military
Enter into contracts
Have a credit card or buy anything on credit
Own property
Hold a job
Pay taxes
Let’s just have anyone between the ages of 18 and 25 become wards of the State. Between 18 and 25 there should be compulsory unpaid service to the State. They will live in Government labor/education camps where they will also not be allowed to drink sugary sodas.
There are a number of FReepers who echo this hipster’s ridiculous sentiment.
Bitter, party of one, your table is ready...
I don’t think age has anything at all to do with how a marriage will be successful or not. My family there are 3 of us. My sister who married at 23, My brother married at 27 and I married at 28.....All of us are still married and we are 39, 41 and 43. All on first marriages. I think picking the right man or woman and having A LOT of patience will at least help. I am not saying that our marriages will all end up successful (I believe that they will be), but you never know. Many of my friends parents divorced after all the kids left after 25 years of marriage. One thing we believe in our family is divorce is not an option....we shall see how that works out at the end of our lives.
Wow- this Jennifer Nagy could replace Maureen Dowd as the Bitter, Rejected, Alcoholic Libtard Loser Journalist of the Year.
Bad enough to be stupid, immature and unable to maintain a healthy relationship, but to broadcast that to the English-speaking world is, well,
...hilarious.
I wonder how old one must be to legally adopt? I’m just curious if this is a ploy of some sort by those pushing same sex marriage.
I find it deliciously hilarious that the very same “free love” generation that demanded that “the man” stay out of our lives now wants to tell everyone what to eat and drink, how to act, and whom to screw.
Bet someone will make it a law soon enough, though!
However, from an advice point of view, one of the greatest mistakes our young people can make is getting married too soon. I'm not talking about age but about having the financial ability to support a household - I'm talking without help from mommy and daddy and especially not help from the rest of us (government).
Getting married and having kids before you have the financial ability to support them is almost a guaranteed ticket to a life of poverty and misery.
That said, if you are financially able to marry young and have your kids relatively early, that can be a good thing. My wife and I had our children when we were in our mid-to-late 20s. As a result, we were still in our 40s when they grew up and now we have all this time to do a lot of things together that we couldn't do while we were busy raising kids - and still young enough where we don't have to play bingo and shuffleboard!
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