Should marriage be allowed for some and denied for others?

[DiegoO]

Example: should it be prohibited for people with specific criminal records, and for people with specific mental disorders?

[menina]

No, it shouldn't. They won't change because they didn't get married. Besides, not everyone wants to get married. Plus, some couples are happy without marriage.

[Whatthefluff]

No, that's basically the same as eugenics

[OlderAndWiser]

Preventing criminals and lunatics from marrying will not stop them from mating and reproducing.

[es20490446e]

Won't solve a thing.

[jshm2]

It is.

Not everyone gets a partner to marry, and not everyone can afford to marry.

The act of marriage in a legal aspect is something the law can annul or forbid. For example a cult or bigamist can have their marriages annulled and any subsequent marriages forbidden.

[Avicenna]

Governments should get out of the marriage business

[Anonymous]

Save yourself the trouble and go straight to gassing undesirables if you think that's a good idea.

[ProVox]

No, but I wish the internet was.