I started looking up information about this, and one thing that's not mentioned in the article, but I found when researching this is that child marriage is larg

I started looking up information about this, and one thing that's not mentioned in the article, but I found when researching this is that child marriage is largely a cultural issue in the United States. While the numbers are still large, they're really centered in specific subcultures, for instance Islamic households, where this practice is considered acceptable in that religion. Ultimately, the laws no longer reflect majority culture in the United States, but have not been changed, and there is likely resistance to changing them as being religious or cultural discrimination (although not all discrimination is morally equivalent, and this case I can safely say I personally don't think child marriage should be legal in modern society, for anyone of any religion). I wonder why this article and most other articles on this topic make no point to mention the sociocultural and religious angle for this practice?