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I know of people who have cheated who have compared life with the scorned wife or girlfriend afterwards as something similar to jail or pergatory. But news has reached me via Single Again that adultery is still a felony which is punishable with up to life imprisonment…if you live in Michigan.
“We cannot help but question whether the Legislature actually intended the result we reach here today,†Judge William Murphy wrote in a unanimous Court of Appeals panel, “but we are curtailed by the language of the statute from reaching any other conclusion.â€
“Technically,†he added, “any time a person engages in sexual penetration in an adulterous relationship, he or she is guilty of CSC I,†the most serious sexual assault charge in the state’s criminal code.
I can only imagine that For Sale signs must be popping up all over Michigan and U-Hauls should be doing a roaring trade….
I wonder if the thought of a jail term is enough to close up the wandering vagina’s and shrivel the wandering penises of Michigan… In fact, if there was a possibility for all people that they could be imprisoned for cheating, would they still do it? Well of course they would. People still rob, kill, maim and all sorts despite the prospect of a variety of punishments if they are caught. And that’s the problem…most people that cheat don’t think they’ll be caught and to be fair, even if they did, it’s alarming sometimes how many will still be allowed to stay despite their dishonesty. People should want to be faithful in their marriages because they want to be and they believe in the sanctity of their union, not because they fear they might be doing a jail term trying to avoid bending for the soap…
What do you think?
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A couple of thoughts, based on what marriage is. A vow.
See, for fundamentalists, the marriage vow is sacred — blessed by God. Breaking a sacred vow is a sacrifice of the soul, a horrible sin. And the Bible teaches (some people) to avoid the company of sinners. So shutting away sinners that break sacred vows improves the community and saves souls.
Next is the marriage licensed — issued over a marriage vow. When we enlist in the armed services, running away or screwing up that oath to defend the constitution can get you shot or jailed, or at least a police record or record of less than honorable discharge, depending on what you do, circumstances. etc. Why should laws about breaking the marriage vow be any less enforceable?
Last is the sexual crime part If you cannot constrain yourself to the marriage bed for sexual activities, what real difference is it whether you commit a criminal sexual act with a consenting or unconsenting adult, a child, or an animal? For the person committing the crime, there is little difference — wrong is wrong, violation of marriage is still a violation.
And other religion-driven countries still today consider adultery a capital offense.
Everything else aside, if you want to have an affair, be honest with yourself, your integrity, and your spouse. Tie off the old unattractive relationship before considering a new one. Be fair, be responsible.
In my opinion.
LOL, what if a man runs away wif his secretary, to like… a neighbouring state, and have sex in a cheap motel there, where infidelity isn’t a crime?
hhhmm… can we say “boarer sex? Is it like buying smokes on the res in a different state?