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The drinking laws occurred mostly because there were exponentially increasing trends of car accidents and loss of life due to sizeable drinking irresponsibilities. It makes sense laws were prioritized. 

Also, a sixteen year old can be potentially mature enough emotionally and mentally to handle a relationship with an older partner. Thus why I do not consider it immoral for those pursuing relationships with them. But I do not demonize other people's attraction, interests, and so forth based on such a innocuous thing. But yes, feel free to question it if it is not in line with your morals or ethics -- like I said, morality is subjective. 
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http://nypost.com/2014/11/11/the-bigger-the-age-gap-the-shorter-the-marriage/

https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-teen-pregnancy

Less than 2% of teen moms earn a college degree by age 30.

8 out of 10 teen dads don’t marry the mother of their child.

More than half of all mothers on welfare had their first child as a teenager. In fact, two-thirds of families begun by a young, unmarried mother are poor.

http://www.heritage.org/education/report/sexually-active-teenagers-are-more-likely-be-depressed-and-attempt-suicide

A full quarter (25.3 percent) of teenage girls who are sexually active report that they are depressed all, most, or a lot of the time. By contrast, only 7.7 percent of teenage girls who are not sexually active report that they are depressed all, most, or a lot of the time. Thus, sexually active girls are more than three times more likely to be depressed than are girls who are not sexually active.
Some 8.3 percent of teenage boys who are sexually active report that they are depressed all, most, or a lot of the time. By contrast, only 3.4 percent of teenage boys who are not sexually active are depressed all, most, or a lot of the time. Thus, boys who are sexually active are more than twice as likely to be depressed as are those who are not sexually active.

I know age doesn't equal maturity necessarily, but facts and statistics show the opposite of your point. It's clear teens are NOT capable of handling that kind of thing. I'm sorry but I think it's okay to not tolerant about people's behavior, like attraction to toddlers. I won't demonize the person themselves, but I'd want that person to seek help and I won't normalize that behavior. I guess different strokes for different folks...:/

Not that I want 18 year old's to be alcoholics either, but if they can smoke and be drafted in the military, it's beyond dumb that they can't have a drink too.