Editor,I think we should accept lowering marriage age from 21 to 18. Whatever concerns people may have about the adoption of the new draft law, the decision of marriage is personal and no one would be forced to marry at the age of 18 even if the law allowed it.Legislators and civil society representatives have no reason to challenge the 2005 study’s findings which, in my humble opinion, are still valid as of today – unless they conduct another study that proves otherwise.I am a scientific person. Putting the marriage age at 18 years wouldn’t at all mean asking all Rwandans to marry at 18. It is not an obligation. If it happens that someone of 18 years wants to get married, he should do so and he’ll have all the rights, as Sunny Ntayombya recently wrote.How come MPs allow our young people to join the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and then refuse to give them a go ahead to tie the knot with their beloved ones?The second thing I don’t understand is the way the MPs on the standing comittee on political Affairs and Gender conducted their research. "We traveled all the districts and people are against”: How many people were asked? Is this sample alone enough and does it represent the whole population? I vehemently support the proposal that someone who wants to get married at 18 years should do so. France, Belgium, and other countries do it.In the UK, the Parliament passed a law in 1926 that the minimum age of marriage must be 16 if both parents agree, and 18 years if the would-be couple mutually want it.Peter, Kigali,RwandaReactions to the story, "Public opposes lowering marriage age”, (The New Times, April 30)