Comparison of China vs. California Marriage Law

http://www.usmarriagelaws.com/search/united_states/california/marriage_licenses/

“306. Except as provided in Section 307, a marriage shall be licensed, solemnized, and authenticated, and the authenticated marriage license shall be returned to the county recorder of the county where the marriage license was issued, as provided in this part. Noncompliance with this part by a nonparty to the marriage does not invalidate the marriage.
301.An unmarried male of the age of 18 years or older, and an unmarried female of the age of 18 years or older, and not otherwise disqualified, are capable of consenting to and consummating marriage.
302. (a) An unmarried male or female under the age of 18 years is capable of consenting to and consummating marriage upon obtaining a court order granting permission to the underage person or persons to marry.
(b) The court order and written consent of the parents of each underage person, or of one of the parents or the guardian of each underage person shall be filed with the clerk of the court, and a certified copy of the order shall be presented to the county clerk at the time the marriage license is issued.
310. Marriage is dissolved only by one of the following:
(a) The death of one of the parties.
(b) A judgment of dissolution of marriage.
(c)  A judgment of nullity of marriage. ”



There are a lot of differences between marriage laws in California and in China. I will compare the rules of two countries by three aspects as follows:
Marriage license:
Same: marriage shall be licensed and both parties must appear in person and bring valid picture identification to the County Clerk’s Office to apply for a marriage license in California. It is same as in China.
Difference: The blood test is strongly recommended to obtain the license in China.

Marriage age:
Same: The both of parties must be unmarried.
Different: In California , the minimum age of both is 18 years or order.
                 In China, the minimum age of male is 22 years or order, and the female is 20
                 years or order.

Marriage dissolved :
In China, except the death and a judgment will be canceled the marriage, the government has the right to decide to dissolve the marriage.

 Marriage for gender:
In China,   same sex marriages will be prohibited.

For my opinion, I support same sex marriages. Marriage should be built on the love and happiness. If their activities don`t hurt anybody, people have right to do anything. The two persons fall into love and then they can marry whatever they are same sex or not. Research even found that same-sex unions are happier than heterosexual marriages.