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Divorce and adultery WERE crimes once upon a time in the 60s and 70s.

Posted by TWuG Jun 24 '09, 12:05

With the exception of a handful of restrictions, I don't think the government should not be involved in determining who should be able to marry. The government should recognize any union between any two people provided those two people enter into the union willingly.

Restrictions are obvious:
-No marriages between anyone who is a first cousin or more closely related by blood.
-No multiples. Only 1 marriage at a time.
-Both parties must be at least 17.

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- easier everywhere except NY. Grrrrr... -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 12:11 5
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    - Well, I'm doing it now. - znufrii Jun 24, 12:16 3
      - Whenever I finally get to NY to meet you, if ever, I'm so buying you a beer for this whole divorce saga. - TFox Jun 24, 12:17 1
        
        *shrug* - znufrii Jun 24, 12:22
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No, they weren't. -- nm - mara Jun 24, 12:07 3
- I was off a bit, but in 1949 or 1950 South Carolina (how appropriate) finally declared divorce legal. Adultery as a crime is still on the books - TWuG Jun 24, 12:17 2
  - If you could link to one such statute, I'd be ever so grateful. -- nm - mara Jun 24, 12:20 1
    - Michigan -- (link) - TWuG Jun 24, 12:24

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Divorce and adultery WERE crimes once upon a time in the 60s and 70s.

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