Why is adultery legal?

Question

You're right leftist. There's absolutely nothing wrong with adultery.

C'mon, you can't have moral anarchy. There is such a thing as a concept of right and wrong- deal with it.

Adultery DOES indirectly harm other people so don't be giving me that "as long as it doesn't hurt people" and it's "nobody's business" sh*t.

Answer 1

In my state, NC it is NOT legal.

§ 14‑184. Fornication and adultery.

If any man and woman, not being married to each other, shall lewdly and lasciviously associate, bed and cohabit together, they shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor: Provided, that the admissions or confessions of one shall not be received in evidence against the other. (1805, c. 684, P.R.; R.C., c. 34, s. 45; Code, s. 1041; Rev., s. 3350; C.S., s. 4343; 1969, c. 1224, s. 9; 1993, c. 539, s. 119; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

Answer 2

Because the Government and Law is not here to enforce morality. Other "immoral acts" that are illegal are so because they cause severe harm to others and society. While I don't condone adultery, it is hardly something that severly affects society. The wronged person in a case of adultery can have their revenge and restitution by way of alimony in a family court setting.

Besides we don't have enough prisons or police officers to deal with murderers, rapists and theives, now you wanna put all the adulterers in prison too???

And it is illegal in some context or another in most places, just not enforced, like other silly laws like not eating ice cream on Sundays and stuff.

FYI - From the criminal code of Canada
Criminal Code
PART V: SEXUAL OFFENCES, PUBLIC MORALS AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Offences Tending to Corrupt Morals
Corrupting children
172. (1) Every one who, in the home of a child, participates in adultery or sexual immorality or indulges in habitual drunkenness or any other form of vice, and thereby endangers the morals of the child or renders the home an unfit place for the child to be in, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

(2) [Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 19 (3rd Supp.), s. 6]

Definition of “child”
(3) For the purposes of this section, “child” means a person who is or appears to be under the age of eighteen years.

Who may institute prosecutions
(4) No proceedings shall be commenced under subsection (1) without the consent of the Attorney General, unless they are instituted by or at the instance of a recognized society for the protection of children or by an officer of a juvenile court.

R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 172; R.S., 1985, c. 19 (3rd Supp.), s. 6.


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Answer 3

Because thankfully we live in a free society. Our govenment doesn't exist to legislate morality, nor IMHO should it. That is a sticky line. Although I believe in olden days it was illegal until people began taking the Constitution seriously. (Most of the time at least, but I digress).

Each individual, however, is accountable for their own choices in life, and my feeling is that sooner or later we all pay and are judged in some way for our actions, but by a far wiser judge than those here.

Answer 4

easily adultery is prohibited. it is a breach of settlement as made in the marriage vows and signed through both activities, a qualified minister AND 2 witnesses. that is basically that the penalty for adultery isn't that stiff through some criteria. "and do not immediately assume that prostitutes are continually trafficked those who want rescuing; there are certainly prostitutes who're like that, yet i'm for sure talking about those who voluntarily grow to be prostitutes." Yeah, all 2 of them. the conventional age of a prostitute everywhere in the international, including u . s . of america, is 13. which means almost all of them were both trafficked into sexual slavery first of all, or they were trafficked after promoting themselves into it, as indicated with the help of their finished lack of ability to flee prostitution even at the same time as they prefer to. in case you consider your self an abolitionist, you need to make certain prostitution halted, ladies rehabilitated and pimps jailed. Prostitution has similarities in almost each and every accessible thanks to the drug commerce, it is the reason it regularly is going hand in hand with suggested commerce and is tied with it as being the second one greatest market in the international (behind guns dealing). "i'm no longer talking about the prostitutes trafficked from third international international locations for use as sex slaves..." u . s . of america isn't a nil.33 international u . s .. yet we've very energetic sex trafficking centers, between the most important of it is positioned in the Midwest between Kansas city and Springfield, MO. hence why project Rescue is predicated in Springfield. Edit: properly, now all of us understand that Splash Frog <3's Olga needs to legalize rape and molestation in all their gruesome kinds.

Answer 5

Actually, in the military, Adultery is a crime punishable under the uniform code of military justice. You can actually go to prison, believe it or not.

Answer 6

In my state Adultery is illegal. In the state of Michigan you can be arrested for it.

Answer 7

Because what people do in the privacy of their bedrooms is not the state's business. And who we choose to spend our time with is also not the state's business.

Answer 8

The fact that it is legal nowadays is the result of our permissive society. Face it, marriage should be considered a legal, binding contract. Any other contract that is broken has consequences. But because of our society, this one has few consequences and is allowed to be broken for the least of reasons.

Answer 9

it should be illegal if u have a legal document showing u are married and took a vow of fidelity .... adultry should be reason to break the marriage and the offender recieve nothing from it including money and any children ... it should be illegal in that sense ...

Answer 10

Because it isn't any of your business what someone else's husband/wife is doing.

Would that also make all sex outside of marriage illegal?

More importantly, why should it be ILLEGAL?