Cheat on your spouse in Michigan and spend life in prison?

[Southern Belle]

I'm all for making adultery frowned upon because the rates are sickening, and it's against the Ten Commandments, but realistically, that law is as nutty as the No Spanking or go to jail one in the other thread.

It just needs to go back to being shameful.

 

[RightinNYC]

I have read it, and it has all the hall marks of the religious right... now if it was intended or not is another matter.

Once again, this is completely wrong. Please, if this is the case, offer some evidence for your assertion.

It is after an old law, and back then there was no "religous right" as we know of it today. But society was very different and did not see anything wrong in putting such stupid laws on the books. That does not mean we today should agree with them or even have them on the books.

But the fact remains that states in the US and even in European countries, still have laws on adultary and other so called "sexual crimes".. for example consentual sodomy. That most countries or areas dont inforce such laws, does not mean that they are not valid still and if there is a religious wack job that gets elected, then you bet that these laws will be inforced.

No, they will not because the SC has declared them unconstitutional.

These laws and ideas are outdated and belong in the dark ages when the Church had massive power over the people and political establishment. The legislative in any country that has such laws on the books, have to start to earn thier pay by elimiating such idiotic things.

Why bother, they've already been effectively invalidated by the SC. Such efforts would be pointless.