Should adultery be a crime?
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The roots of the cultural concept of 'adultery' are biological (determination of parentage) - Marx and Engels have covered this well.
Absolutely not.
Fraggle Rocker
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I can tell you're not married. There is a whole lot more to the institution of marriage than sexual intercourse. Many people--and probably most parents--would argue that raising children together is a far more important part of marriage than sleeping together.
That one component of the marriage vows as they are customarily stated in the U.S., "forsaking all others," is probably the one most broken. The "for better or for worse" part is the most important. "For worse" includes the transgressions of the other party, including "adultery," a term so arcane that your use of it is a sign that you're probably not even an American, much less a married American. We call it "infidelity" in polite company and use far more colorful language among friends.
Lots of marriages survive infidelity.
So don't go prattling on about an institution you're clearly not familiar with in a country you're clearly not familiar with. I've lived here since I was born 63 years ago and I've been married for almost half that time so I know what I'm talking about.
If you're concerned about the inequities in the U.S. tax laws, there simply is no way to make our current confiscatory level of taxation fair to anyone. The income tax is unconstitutional anyway, and all government officials who enforce it should be imprisoned.
Not to mention that for a good many years the tax benefits worked the other way and only turned around about ten or fifteen years ago. The fact that you've never heard of the infamous "marriage penalty" is yet another signal that you're an outsider to both the U.S. and marriage.
Not sure whether the poll is supposed to be asking "IS adultery a crime?" or "SHOULD it be a crime?" but it doesn't really matter. My response in both cases is "No."
Adultery is a private matter to be sorted out among the parties involved. The government has no business butting its nose into such matters.
Adultery is a private matter to be sorted out among the parties involved. The government has no business butting its nose into such matters.
In relation to the OP and my comment: Why not?
Didn't mean to be equivocal there.
Just wondered if people think it is a crime with with people should be "charged" and expect accountability and why.
Only if it affects me negatively...lol.
it's one of those, "religious rules that got turned into a law" crime.
What if its a person who sleeps around on a regular basis but wishes to remain married to one person only?
Would you consider that to be a crime?
Would it make a difference if the person was a man or a woman?
If you knew of such a person, what would your opinion be of him/her?
outsourcing sex is a violation of commitment and trust in marriage.
No.
Not of high regard.
One could say the same thing about a lot of other things that we already have laws against.
I'm sure that there are some studies which show that childeren who have two parents do better in school, etc. Passing such a law may be good for the childeren.
Terrific argument.