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Old 11-13-2011, 10:24 AM   #1
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Age of consent.

In countries without an age of consent.are Baha'is marrying at 15?!
 
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Old 11-13-2011, 08:13 PM   #2
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In countries without an age of consent.are Baha'is marrying at 15?!
It's more often called the age of maturity..

QUESTION: Concerning the age of maturity with respect
to religious duties.

ANSWER: The age of maturity is fifteen for both
men and women.

~ Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 113

You'll note it says with "respect to religious duties"..so that means obligatory prayers and fasting.

As far as marriage is concerned we have to follow the laws of the lands we live in plus our own laws where parental consent is required.

QUESTION: In a treatise in Persian on various questions,
the age of maturity hath been set at fifteen; is marriage likewise conditional upon the reaching of
maturity, or is it permissible before that time?

ANSWER: Since the consent of both parties is
required in the Book of God, and since, before
maturity, their consent or lack of it cannot be
ascertained, marriage is therefore conditional upon
reaching the age of maturity, and is not permissible
before that time.

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Some countries allow children to marry much younger..these are usually determined by the families in traditional societies..

I think in the far future it may be possible that education and vocational preparation may be advanced from what they are today so it will be possible for couples to marry at comparatively younger ages than they are today..

You can see from this chart that the median age for marriage is slightly higher in the US.

Median Age at First Marriage, 1890–2010 — Infoplease.com
 
Old 11-14-2011, 06:55 PM   #3
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In countries without an age of consent.are Baha'is marrying at 15?!
NOT if their parents don't agree!
 
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