In US it seems as though the age limits are set because of our brains, sometimes because of our bodies. For instance, you can join the Army when youre seventeen, but after youre thirty-five they dont want you anymore. On the other hand , if you want to be a President, you cant run for the office until you are thirty-five. Obviously, the Army thinks the body's shot at thirty-five, and the writers of the Constitution didnt think anyone was smart enough to be President until they were thirty-five. Youre supposed to be smart enough to be a senator when youre thirty. To be a congressman, you dont have to be very smart at all: twenty-five.
In fourteen states you can get a driver's license when you are fourteen. Marriage laws vary wildly. In Texas, Utah, Alabama and New Hampshire you can get married when youre fourteen, if your parents approve. In Utah, you have to be sixteen, if youre a boy. In Alabama the law says you dont have to have your parent's permission to get married at fourteen - if youve already been married before.
You coundnt drive to your own wedding in any of these states, because your driving age is sixteen. In most states you can get married before you can get in to see dirty movie with your parent's permission. Seems funny! In other words, if a fourteen girl in Utah got married to a sixteen year old boy and they had a baby and then some night they wanted to go out and see an R-rated movie, theyd have to bring the baby's grandmother along.
~ Andy Rooney (will be 92 this coming Jan 14, 2011)
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