Contrary to popular belief, a lot of young ladies did NOT get married at such a young age "back then".
People need to take this guy with the proverbial grain of salt. He married a girl when she was 16. Louisiana. Figures.
So he has this backasswards way of thinking. Ignore him.
No wonder these guys are now wearing long beards, instead of looking like the yuppies they did years ago, because it makes them more money.
Laughing to the bank. That older Duck guy is their spokesperson. If you don't like what he has to contribute, and I don't care for it, then just tune it out or ignore him.
Easy enough.
For the record, although I can accept that plenty of young people are mature enough to marry as older (and legal) teenagers, why should they?
Sounds just too young and they're not even out of school, yet. He's just making noise to get into the news.
That's my take on it. Crazy.