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Should cheating on your spouse be made illegal?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Butterfingers, Dec 2, 2009.

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Should cheating be illegal?

  1. yes

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  2. no

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  1. Cannonball

    Cannonball Member

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    If gay marriage is illegal because of what little the Bible says about homosexuality, then adultery should absolutely be made illegal for the same reason. It is after all one of the ten commandments.

    Of course, I believe that the government shouldn't adopt Judeo-Christian laws just because they're in the Bible. (I'm a Christian BTW).

    And I'm willing to bet that there's a significant number of lawmakers that are guilty of infidelity themselves and that they'd never allow such a law to pass.
     
  2. Rocket River

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    I guess the crime would be adultry
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    the non married party who was participating would be Acessory during the Act . .er . .Fact

    Rocket River
     
  3. wizkid83

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    Can't you make the similar arguments on statutory rape if that was legal originally? Just playing devil's advocate.
     
  4. plutoblue11

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    Luckily, it is considered an archaic and useless law, like even moreso than say jaywalking. Which one sounds more ridiculous for a grounds criminal charges, jaywalking or adultery?

    Still, they can carry some very heavy sentences, according to some state laws.

    Michigan - life sentence or Wisconsin - Class 1 Felony.

    It can also be a grounds for court martial, but seriously if that was the case, we lose a good percentage of our soldiers.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery#Adultery_in_the_United_States

    If there is law made for it should be given as ground of leverage in alimony, child custody, and financial assets.
     
  5. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    hell no.

    I don't cheat and have been cheated on but illegal? No.
     
  6. mateo

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    Yeah because if one of your parents had an affair the first thing they would do is tell their son about it.
     
  7. Nook

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    HELL NO .... it is a PERSONAL situation between a man and a woman. Besides, what if it an open marriage.
     
  8. Phillyrocket

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    I teach a law and ethics sequence and the first thing I do is hand out the Alligator River Story. Basically this girl needs to get to her love and the only way to do so is by a riverboat. The captain says she must sleep with him to get across. She does and then her love shuns her when he finds out. She tells this to a friend who goes and beats up her now former love.

    It's a story designed to point out the difference in ethics and law. I ask the students to rank the characters from most to least honorable.

    Everyone puts the girl as the worst but never the guy who beats up her lover.

    In the real world the real crime here is assault and battery but everyone ranks cheating as worse.

    I point out to my students that it is interesting that everyone feels cheating is worse yet it's not illegal.

    Creates for interesting discussion.
     
  9. Dairy Ashford

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    Mentally and emotionally abusive spouses probably love this idea. Marriage is not surgery or a shuttle launch; nobody dies if it doesn't work out.
     
  10. Nolen

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    Uh, you are aware that if any group is in favor of the government legislating morality, it's American conservatives? They spend a great deal of time and money on it, in fact.

    Your knee-jerk OMG liberalz=teh soshulizm complaints don't fit here. In the realm of morality, liberals are criticized for moral relativism. It's American conservatives who are entirely in favor of government enforced morality.
     
  11. Invisible Fan

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    Castration and 4 hail marys should be the punishment
     
  12. Malcolm

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    No!!!! No puch line. No joke. Just plain, NO!!!!
     
  13. rhino17

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    Cheating on your spouse is certainly pathetic, but it is not a crime
     

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