Shouldn't Adultery be a crime?

[Dinner]

Adultery was a crime in most states before the 1960s though mostly an ignored law.

I'm glad it's gone other wise just about all of us would be guilty since we've had premarital sex.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Space05us
I think marrige should be a crime, it is a religious idea and should be seperate from the state.

That's why civil marriages with no religious connotations at all, and common-law marriages have been around for centuries. You can always shack up, or spend the rest of your life with your favorite hand, so there's no compulsion to get married.

[monolith94]

Hmmmm, do I smell the whiff of bias there, Asher???


In answer to the question - no. Now let's talk about tighty whities - THOSE should be a crime!

[Berzerker]

Speer -

whole thing could have been avoided if we just followed the lead of some other countries and made adultery a crime... i can't see why not?

"Let him who is without sin cast the first stone"...

But why do you assume adultery isn't already illegal in Texas and that outlawing adultery would have prevented this from happening? Btw, what would have also prevented this incident from happening was the woman not running over her husband.

[Dinner]

In some southern states it is still illegal to recieve or proform oral sex. I don't know how they enforce that rule though.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
Morals? So you don't think cheating on your wife is a bad thing?

I personally would have no moral problems with having sex with other people than my girlfriend (as I consider sex and love to be separate despite being linked to each other), and I would have no moral problems with it the other way around.

But my girfriend has moral problems with it, so we settled not to cheat on each other

I don't see why the law should regulate this. If the couple or one of its members considers the cheating makes the couple meaningless, by all means, let them divorce. But if the couple is able to get over it, I don't see why the law should show its nose in these private business.

[Al B. Sure!]

alright fine... woman finds out her husband has been cheating on her with some skank... she loved him with all her heart and now finds out that his love was bull****...

tell her there is nothing wrong with the act of cheating...

[Ishtar]

actually, it is a crime in some states...not necessarily prosecuted, but still on the books...and...having worked in the legal field now for just shy of 20 years, it does have some influence in divorce proceedings too.

[Space05us]

That's why civil marriages with no religious connotations at all, and common-law marriages have been around for centuries. You can always shack up, or spend the rest of your life with your favorite hand, so there's no compulsion to get married.

I know, I was being a smart-ass

[Dinner]

I am proud to say I have never cheated on a girlfriend. Though one did cheat on me.

[Kirnwaffen]

tell her there is nothing wrong with the act of cheating...

Not a single person in this thread has stated that there is nothing wrong with cheating; it is simply a private matter to be settled by the involved parties and, if necessary, in civil court.

[Blisterz]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
alright fine... woman finds out her husband has been cheating on her with some skank... she loved him with all her heart and now finds out that his love was bull****...

tell her there is nothing wrong with the act of cheating...

You really can't be this stupid in real life, this must be a troll.

Nobody has said anything about there being nothing wrong with cheating on your wife, they are just saying that nobody should have the right to put someone in jail for it.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
alright fine... woman finds out her husband has been cheating on her with some skank... she loved him with all her heart and now finds out that his love was bull****...

tell her there is nothing wrong with the act of cheating...

Can't you tell the difference between right and wrong without the government telling you what to do?

Right and wrong depends on the relationship. Some couples are into that kind of "open" relationship -- why would you make their act illegal?

What's wrong with the current situation, where the wife can divorce or girlfriend can break up with a guy who cheats on her?

I can't understand your obsession with having the law force everyone to behave a certain way.

There's something very wrong about that, perhaps we should legislate that away, too.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Ishtar
actually, it is a crime in some states...not necessarily prosecuted, but still on the books...and...having worked in the legal field now for just shy of 20 years, it does have some influence in divorce proceedings too.

In divorce cases Adultery is grounds for one of the partners to recieve a smaller share of common assets. A guy who cheats on his wife often finds the wife with 70% instead of 50%.

[Al B. Sure!]

Jail?

I was thinking more along the lines of the victim getting basically everything in the divorce proceedings and the adulteror being fined and having his wages garnished...