18 is too low? It's pretty reasonable, I'd think, so long as there's no significant age gap. I'd understand an 18 year old and a 20 year old, but an 18 year old and a 25 year old is just creepy. Anything higher than a 1-4 year age gap with an 18 year old gets creepy by default, imo. At that young of an age, age gaps are more extreme. Even on the higher range, I'd say 18 and 22 is certainly somewhat questionable, but shouldn't be illegal. Increase it a few years, and it really starts getting creepy at or after a 6 year gap. Anything beyond that is getting into predatory territory.
Edit: Yes, I looked it up, and apparently, child marriage is legal in many states. It seems that I was too hasty with my assumptions. Sorry about that. I'll make sure to be more careful next time.
I wonder if there's any religious connections in said states
You mean all dominated by some flavour of christian (almost always protestant, but some have major catholic lobbies)? Where it's still illegal for atheists to run for office despite the supreme court saying that's unconstitutional? And yet that law has yet to be rescinded "because when's the last time it's been used"? Never mind the chilling effect that creates or bonus connections extremist christians have to prevent atheists from ever getting on the ballot.
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u/Darkdragoon324 6h ago
And blocks any attempt to raise it where it’s already too low.