I was married early too.
I am not sure it is smart to get married by the government today given the huge marriage penalties taxes and healthcare will hit. Better to be married before God not state.
My wife was pregnant before we were married. My responsibility to her, was to marry her. My responsibility to my children was to make sure they had a father and mother in a family setting for them by the time they came along.
Their mother and I agreed and we made it happen.
I lost that marriage about 15 years later, but it was important to me to have those kids in a family setting for as long as I could manage it.
I don’t defend the state for what it does. It was doing it then, and it will be doing it on into the future. I still think marriage is the cornerstone of our society.
I won’t let the Leftists destroy that.