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Originally Posted by LoneWolf
What about straight couples who have no desire to procreate or those that know before they get married that they cannot procreate? In your scenario, they shouldn't be allowed to marry either and enjoy the "special benefits" of marriage.
I guess individuals that feel this way should be pushing for legislation to have all children raised by single parents put up for adoption by traditional families.
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Neither of these criticisms has any merit in terms of undermining "my scenario". There's no requirement for a law to be designed to perfectly achieve an objective. It's enough that it pursues an approximation of that objective. That's why it's OK to use age to determine when people can do such things as entering into a binding contract. It's very likely that there are some 17 year olds who are more mature, intelligent and capable of responsibly entering into a contract than some 22 year olds, but for the sake of administrative simplicity we accept a bright line rule based on age because it achieves an adequate approximation of our goal.