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Text your say: Marriage law verdict
Rejection: Plaintiffs in a judicial review on the Marriage Law attend a hearing at the Supreme Court last week
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Rejection: Plaintiffs in a judicial review on the Marriage Law attend a hearing at the Supreme Court last week. Judges rejected a review of the legal marriage age and decided against recognizing interfaith marriages.(JP/Awo) (JP/Awo)
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span class="inline inline-center">Rejection: Plaintiffs in a judicial review on the Marriage Law attend a hearing at the Supreme Court last week. Judges rejected a review of the legal marriage age and decided against recognizing interfaith marriages.(JP/Awo)
Your comments on the verdict made by the Constitutional Court, which has rejected a judicial review of the Marriage Law, maintaining the law's current provisions on the minimum age of marriage set at 16, and on the states refusal to recognize interfaith marriage:
Although the Marriage Law sets a minimum age of 16 for girls to marry, I wonder how many girls nowadays really marry at such a young age?
In certain levels of society many mothers worry a good deal about the opportunity for their daughters to enjoy their bachelor girl status.
Soebagjo Soetadji
Jakarta
Marriage is a very personal undertaking and as such it must be totally independent from other people. Yet many, if not all of us, still depend on the parents and relatives and even the religion of our respective partners. Real/true love is universal and does not care about differences in ethnicity, color, religion, language, or education.
This should be true in this country if we are to find ways to unite in accordance to Pancasila and Bhineka Tunggal Ika. A united Indonesia would be a very strong nation that would also be accommodating and caring to all of mankind.
Moeljono Adikoesoemo
Jakarta
Regarding the marriage law verdict, the Constitutional Court has rejected a judicial review. It means that we have to respect the current law.
Eduard N.
Jakarta
I think the Constitutional Court should have accepted the judicial review of the 1974 Marriage Law especially on the state recognition of interfaith marriages. As a pluralist state, some interfaith marriages happen and the state should not stop its citizens from doing so.
So, why doesn't the state recognize it?
Bambang Utomo
Jakarta
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