To those who think the law is or should be equal between men and women, let me bring back the following
marriage laws chart that I posted in the gay marrriage thread a few months ago.
Note that 9 states and territories have different ages of consent for men and women for marriage with parental consent. Mississippi has different ages for marriage without parental consent.
So the states can legally distinguish between men and women when it comes to consent for underage marriage. This appears to be legal and has not been constitutionally challenged.
I'm not taking any side in this debate, I just thought I should clarify that it is legal for states to have different rules for different sexes for age of consent for marriage. Age of consent for sex is a related category which is also left up to the states.
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