Seems like it's really more about removing parental rights and giving them to the state alone. All your kids are belong to us.
Today "Sixteen-year-olds need a parent OR a judge to sign off on the union... Under Hansen’s proposed bill, marriage would be banned for anyone 15 years or younger. Sixteen- and 17-year-olds would need the approval of a judge.
Hansen says that is because he has heard parents of 16-year-olds are the ones signing off on marriage and it has looked suspicious to some county clerks."