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| Senior Member Joined: Jul 2011 From: n ireland Posts: 413 | Age of consent.
In countries without an age of consent.are Baha'is marrying at 15?!
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| Senior Member Joined: Jun 2006 From: California Posts: 3,063 | Quote:
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. ............................... 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 | |
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| Senior Member Joined: Sep 2010 From: Louisiana Posts: 1,619 | WEll |