I was going to say that it was outrageous that at this point in history sucha ban is being applied (i was assuming minimum marriage age in the States was 18 or close); then, I checked the legal mariage age in Venezuela and it happens to be 15 for the girls and 16 for the boys. It is still, in my opinion, too early; I mean, people at those ages are still children (both physically and mentally). They lack experience and maturity (even kids who work form early age and have been able to grow without parents or any of those extreme cases).
I think that legislations should be changed in that particular aspect so that maturity and independence become part of such an ambicious and important stage in peole's lives (for those who have it as an option or an obligation).
What Rivka added is really important to consider and it adds up to my concern. The fact that a minor can marry but cannot divorce is outrageous (along with all the other limitations). Those are the kinds of legal contradictions I just can't understand. Lawyers and lawmakers can be so meticulous when it comes to screwing you up, but they can't find ways to be meticulous about giving you a break!
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Well, the concern about teenage minors being able to marry before 18 but not allowed to divorce before then can be easily solved. If a minor can break out of a contract before age 18, then change the law so that a minor can easily break out of a marriage before 18. However, don't eliminate their option to get married altogether. There are circumstances that do warrant a teenager getting married before their eighteenth birthday.
I can understand someone being opposed to child marriage (marriage of children under 11 years old). However, there is a world of a difference between adolescents and prepubescent children. Even the science agrees.