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more about #adultery more comments → redqueenmeg: OK, fine, if you don't want it off the books then you need to start USING the law. Prosecute everyone! Having laws on the books that aren't USED dim... more » Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: It's still illegal in SC. Theoretically they could charge Mark Sanford with adultery. more » andBegorrah: But can you really put a price tag on me setting all your worldly possessions on fire? Oh. Well, yes, you probably can... more » Maritsa: Holy unconstitutional intrusion into private sexual conduct, Batman! I'm sure Scalia et al would argue this isn't "private" conduct because the state... more » Ailatan: Putting a price tag doesn't diminish it at all!! more » BringerofthePain: Shouldn't that $1,200 be given to the spurned spouse and not the state? Is there an extra fine for any STDs cought through cheating? Is there a take... more » sympathyforthebasementcat: I feel like all this deny the gays and charge the adulterers nonsense doesn't really protect the sanctity of marriage. Marriage was originally create... more » mbprice: Well, it would make "habeas corpus" a lot more interesting. more » femme-bot: How about we stop legislating people's personal lives? more » mbprice: Even if it's in a different zip code?? more » PipPipCheerio: What about consensually open marriages? Does the law take into account that some married individuals may be willing to be "cheated on?" Maybe for the ... more » Cairn: It's not "eloping" If nobody else wants to Attend your wedding. more » sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): I'd think there would have to be some sort of trial to determine the accusations. Which would make for a fun Exhibit A. Confiscated sexting missives... more » warhol's gnarwol: "The minute we said our vows I couldn't stop crying [tears of blood]." -Zombie Heidi Pratt more » CurtCole: To remove this law might promoted the skank-ity of marriage. more » -
#cheatinghearts
Sacred Institution
Caught cheating in New Hampshire? You could be facing a $1,200 fine. And some lawmakers would like to keep it that way, on the grounds that taking the 200-year-old law off the books would somehow "diminish" marriage. [AP] -
#hatefucked
The Tangled Web That John Ensign Weaves
It's sex scandal Friday! We're taking a break from health care to discuss the increasingly dismal situation facing John Ensign, who clearly did not pay attention to the adage "It's cheaper to keep [him]." Ethics violations and adultery, ahoy! More » -
#flantagonism
Sex & The Single Homewrecker: Caitlin Flanagan Slams Rielle Hunter, Helen Gurley Brown
Caitlin Flanagan is back, defending marriage against all those who would destroy it. The villains this time: John Edwards's "minx" Rielle Hunter, and onetime Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown.
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#humanrights
U.K. Gives Asylum To Saudi Princess Fearing Death For Adultery
A Saudi princess who had a baby with her English boyfriend has been given asylum in Britain, saying she would be stoned as an adulterer if she returned to Saudi Arabia. More » -
#itheedread
One Groom; Two Brides
Imagine this: You go to confront your husband, whom you suspect is cheating on you, and find out that he is married to another woman, who lives in the same apartment complex. [CBS News] -
#theendoftheaffair
Mistress Takes Revenge On Man Who "Fired" Her
A married Chinese businessman's plan to hold a contest between his five mistresses to decide which one to "keep" backfired when one of the eliminated women drove him off a cliff. More » -
#laworder
The Scarlet Letter
Ok So-ri, a well-known South Korean actress, has been given a suspended eight-month prison sentence after being found guilty of cheating on her husband with a singer. [BBC] -
