Disclaimer : I am opposed to marrying anyone below the legal age of marriage
If I remember correctly based on survey results so far & they might change because I try to give the maximum voting time window listed as an option
People believe that
1 Lowering the legal age of marriage would lower the average age of marriage
2 Lowering the average age of marriage would raise the population growth rate
3 But lowering the legal age of marriage would not raise the population growth rate
Disclaimer : I am opposed to marrying anyone below the legal age of marriage
I am opposed to Orthodox Judaism because they set the legal age of marriage at babies and babies normally can not even talk coherent sentences at a level of understanding to consent
Roman Catholics had a much older minimum age requirement of twelve years old in the Catechism of the council of trent
Even Muhamnad's youngest known wife was older than Jews' wives
Disclaimer : I am opposed to marrying anyone below the legal age of marriage
Why lowering the legal age of marriage would lower the average age of marriage
By dealing with the problem of social stigma it would lower the age of marriage that responsible men with a source of income or economic self sufficiency can talk to women
Even if they do not marry women until they are 18 years old
Currently men can not talk to women until they are 18 & tend to marry after years of talking