30 Days in Jail or Life Sentence?

[Zkribbler]

Lawmaker Fights Ban On Men, Women Shacking Up

BISMARCK, N.D. -- A North Dakota lawmaker said his state's ban on a man and woman living together without being married is unenforceable and encourages disrespect for the law.

Democratic State Sen. Tracy Potter said the Legislature should repeal the law against cohabitation, which is punishable by a 30-day jail term and a $1,000 fine.

Potter said citizens ignore the law and police don't enforce it. If they did, he said North Dakota would need a $10 billion prison to hold all the violators.

But Tom Freier, a spokesman for the North Dakota Family Alliance, said repealing the measure would signal that the state doesn't value marriage and the societal benefits it brings.

He said research has shown that cohabiting "poses a special risk for women and children."

Freedom is being allowed to do that which does not harm others. Government does not belong in our bedrooms!

[SlowwHand]

True.

[Lancer]

Unless you're in government and it's bedtime in which case government belongs in your bedroom.

[Zkribbler]

Come to thing of it, there are three hot babes in my office and a couple down the hall.

[b etor]

That's a stupid ban.

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Come to thing of it, there are three hot babes in my office and a couple down the hall.

Lawyers are not above the law!

[Zkribbler]

Okay, I'll forget about the one down that hall who's married.

[Lancer]

It doesn't matter as much whether she's married as much as whether you are married to her.

30 days, $1000 fine? Are they that hot?

[Zkribbler]

[Lancer]

Guess so!

[Cranky]

Well we are talking North Dakota here, so it probably just a ploy to reduce breeding among sisters and brothers.