Cheating Arizona Wife Could Face Jail Time Under State’s Anti-Adultery Law
- Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:59pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Traci Banks' estranged husband called the police on her, charging she had violated Arizona's anti-adultery law. (Image source: KPHO-TV)
An Arizona woman who cheated on her estranged husband was very surprised to receive a phone call about her extramarital affairs…from the cops.
That’s because her fed-up husband used a little-known state law to report her cheating ways to the police. That’s right: Under Arizona Revised Statute 13-1408, adultery is actually illegal.
Dave Banks told Phoenix CBS affiliate KPHO-TV his wife started cheating on him more than 10 years ago.
“She’s had seven or eight affairs that I know of,” he said.
But he stayed with her, he said, because of their two sons. Now, he thinks the archaic law should be enforced and used as a way to save families.
“If they used it all the time, maybe women or men would think twice about going and jumping in the sack and throwing away their marriage,” he told the station.
And what does such a law actually look like? The Arizona State Legislature’s website reveals cheating on your spouse is in fact illegal:
A. A married person who has sexual intercourse with another than his or her spouse, and an unmarried person who has sexual intercourse with a married person not his or her spouse, commits adultery and is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. When the act is committed between parties only one of whom is married, both shall be punished.
B. No prosecution for adultery shall be commenced except upon complaint of the husband or wife.
Dave Banks said he thinks the state's archaic law should be enforced as a way to save families. (Image source: KPHO-TV)
Banks said it took years for police to take his report, but they finally gave his wife of 17 years a call.
Traci Banks said she was amused she first heard from the police detective.
“Everybody thinks it’s funny, everybody,” she told KPHO.
She admits to having two affairs, but told the station she and her husband are living separately and only remain legally married because she can’t afford a divorce.
“It’s been over,” she said of their marriage. “Did I feel bad or guilty? No.”
It’s unlikely prosecutors will actually pursue the case, but if they did, Traci Banks could face a month in jail or a hefty fine from the class-three misdemeanor, the Daily Mail reported.
Dave Banks said he‘s frustrated the case probably won’t be seen through.
“How do they get to pick and choose which laws they can and can’t enforce?” he said. “They got somebody readily admitting guilt. Seems to me that’s a rubber stamp right through the court system.”
He said the detective on the case gave him a piece of advice: “It’s about time she got on with her life and you get on with yours.”
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Comments (195)
JimConstitution
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:23pmThough it does seem odd to call marriage legal but have no way to enforce it. Why have a marriage license at all if law means nothing. Those that cheat should pay a price in public court. This alone would discourage many such acts. I think of all the small laws that keep people from doing things that injure others that we dont complain about, and adultery is a very serious act. At the least the guilty party should not be given anything of the family wealth, car, house and sent away with only his/her clothes. States can have the laws they want or not but not the Feds, its truly a State issue. I agree laws should be enforced or abolished.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:49amSince he knows about the affairs, is it really cheating? From the gentlemans attire, he it seems he’d rather be out with his boy friends who have the same outfits displaying who they idol.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:56am@Poverty – technically no, once the cheating is discovered then it becomes a case of her having commited infidelity; commonly refered to by the biblical term of Adultry.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 1:25amOften cases of crime in the home had been committed by someone who is familiar with the residents, albeit he’s familiar with the Johns.
Report Post »Renalden
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 4:06amGood grief, I see nothing but a slow news night……
Dave
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 4:41amLaws do not change hearts. I for one dont want money spent on the court costs of prosecuting her and then if she is convicted we have to house her and feed her. Why? Because some dumba@@ couldnt keep his wife happy. Stupid!
Report Post »NoSleeper
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 6:58amSetting aside the spiritual aspects marriage has for many people, marriage is a contract between individuals. As such, breaking of the contract is resolved in civil, not criminal, court. One’s behavior is assessed in the court and, had we not abandoned the concept of ‘courts of justice’ long ago, violators of the marriage contract would by the price financially through reduced (or eliminated) alimony, denial of rights to the partner’s retirement fund, etc. Of course, like everything else we have gone more and more to a ‘no fault’ resolution in divorce courts with few, if any, penalties for bad behavior. Of course, if we no longer enforce contract law (ref: ‘renegotiation’ of home loans, etc.), how can we expect the marriage contract to be enforced?
With that said, we must be careful not to give the Government the ability to criminally prosecute people on the basis of their perceived immorality. Criminal codes based on puritanical Christian beliefs would be only slightly better than Islamic Sharia Law.
Report Post »Jomil48
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 7:06amthe way you fix that problem is D-I-V-O-R-C-E, you can still be a parent to your children. Also it might take a lot of stress off of the kids, don’t think that because you stay together it benefits the kids
Report Post »00gabooga
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 7:57amWhy waste your time with someone who doesn’t want to be with you? If she’s that horrible then he and his children will be better off. It’s better to be FROM a broken home than IN a broken home.
Report Post »grannyrecipe
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 8:58am@BADDOGGY
Report Post »There are some people that no matter what, can’t ever be happy. It’s an internal, personal attitude. Those who try to make an unhappy person happy are called “abused”
Baddoggy
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 9:10amMy question is this…
Report Post »Why is the Government involved in any aspect of marriage?
Let the Churches tak care of marraige. PERIOD. If you can find a church that will allow you to marry your goat, what difference is it of mine? That way companies are not forced to recognize what they consider a sham marraige and can do what they want to do as far as selling to you…I am sure if someone showed up with a goat as a wife, the insurance company would say…you wont be covered by us.
Let the free markets rule…
little big man
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 9:45amSo if you are married for 10 years or what ever and by chance you meet someone else and fall in love you should be put in jail? that’s so retarded. stupid law.
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:43pmAbolish the laws of no fault divorce and no fault insurance it had to been a Lib who came up with it in the first place. It has to be someones fault it is a way to not take responsibility.
Report Post »DoubleThrowDown
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 1:53pmThis is yet another case of people trying to place their morals on everyone else. This sounds like a problem between these two people, and it‘s nobody else’s business (and I’m talking to the state of AZ)
Report Post »wolfinshdo
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 6:38pmI‘m not sure how many of you have ever been through a divorce but it’s pretty nasty. Could he have stayed because a divorce would have cost him his children? Do any of you know how hard it is for a Father to get even shared custody? Unless the Mother agrees to it, it’s very hard and very expensive. If you can’t afford a good Lawyer your S.O.L. You also have to keep in mind that even if he bought and paid for the house, cars, toys and all bills, she gets half of everything and if the kids are still young she gets the whole house. Then Dad gets to pay Spousal Support and or Child Support after losing half of everything. I have spent tens of thousands of dollars and despite an Ex that keeps getting ordered into Rehab, she still has shared custody. Lastly, would you jerks be so glib if this story were about a man cheating? You’d be saying “she should take every thing he owns and teach him a lesson.” If men were able to get joint custody unless they were PROVEN to be bad Fathers, you would see divorce go from 70% started by women to closer to 50%
Report Post »Black Eagle
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 7:23pmI quit the Demorats forever after observing their apologism for Islamic terror after 911, plus many things before 911. But if this is where the Republicraps are headed, then a pox on them as well. What if the man is a sadistic degenerate, a cruel SOB and manipulator… maybe the wife stays because the family home is in both names and he refuses to grant a divorce… is she supposed to give up on all semblance of human tenderness and love from another? These old marriage laws come from old Europe, at the time when priests could forbid a marriage because one person was not Baptized, or of a different religion. At those times, ‘secular’ marriages were forbidden, “common law” and such, but only priest-approved marriages were certified for issues of property rights, “legitimacy” of children for matters of inheritance, and the husband was also granted the transfer of “property rights” over the woman from her father to the husband, like a camel or donkey, she was property. Premarital virginity taboos and the criminalization of extra-marital sexual relations certified her offspring would only be those of the womans “owner” — her husband. Are we now to go from the Marxist collectivism of the Obamites, into some Medieval condition where evolution is forbidden in the schools, sexual relations are determined by a celibate or sexually-twisted priesthood? They won’t stop merely at adultery laws or abortion, but soon enough, you will find contraception outlawed, along with
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 9:04pmHypocrites and liars- woe unto the people who proclaim good evil and evil good.
Report Post »If you hold this law in contempt- when it’s specifically one God commanded to keep- then you also are contemptible.
WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges07
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:56amJustice won’t be done until the adulterer is put to death. Don’t think so?
Will God then bless a country that thumbs it’s collective noses at His Laws (what do you think)?
So think of the 100 years of Progressives (communists) incremental overthrow of America, with an illegal alien, who hates everything America stands for, becoming without contest the President of the United States, as … well, what do you think?
Want to re-think this?
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:53pmA legal marriage is a contract, that insures children born during the marriage have a legal father
Children born during the marriage are AUTOMATICALLY the legal responsibility
Report Post »THATS why he has a case
El Paso Girl
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:22pmWell if he can’t keep her happy…….What does he expect……..
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:39pmSpoken like a true skank.
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 1:35pmThat’s what I was thinking! Evidently he could not fulfill her desires sexually or along the same lines or another. Maybe counseling to find out what is really the problem or problems in their marriage could be the answer??? When patterns arise and / or there is a lacking, then I say you need to take a good look at what is really the problem in satisfying each other. I believe the law is right in not getting involved in this, but allowing the divorce to go through. There should never be anyone (including the law) that comes between to bonds regardless!
I wish the lady good luck in finding someone that will give her the pleasure in life that she needs and I hope the man takes a good look at what he got himself into and will learn how to satisfy his relationships (kinky or otherwise) in finding a way to enjoy life with his next relationship!
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 2:13pmDitto…. Ditto Head. Feel sorry for whatever sap is dating or married to El Paso Girl…. she sounds like your typical high maintenance USER chick. They’re usually pretty lame in the sack. I almost married one….. Someone was watching over me there….LOL
Report Post »atechgeek
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 1:53pmSounds like my x .. shank .. ho .. adulterer .. whatever … all I know is that Judgment Day for these people is going to be interesting.
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:20pm8 affairs and he still takes her back…throw him in jail as well…same cell as hers.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 8:10amTHAT is a very good solution! When cheaters are caught, both partners should be incarcerated in the same cell.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:16pmThe major cause of divorce in all cases is marriage. Why marry if you are going to bonk everyone willy hilly? Bonk…bonk…bonk!
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:12pmPut her to death, and all women who cheat.
Report Post »livedasawsj
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:13pmShe’d be ok if she just married them all
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:03pmPower to the Woman, right on!
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:40pmSkank Power!
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 1:38amthat’s a woman? losely defined…where is sharia law when monicne needs it most.
Report Post »goofyfoot2001
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 5:38amHe’s a dumbass for staying. He also could have gotten into shape perhaps instead of gusling beers sitting in front of the tube watching the game.
Report Post »Gumbercules
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:50pmSo this moron decided to wait for 10 years and let everything spiral out of control before doing attempting to help his marraige? For the children, huh? Way to go, idiot.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:15pmmy thought is if he still isnt over this after 10 years he is a freaking nutcase with stalker tendancies
Report Post »JoKerr
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:24pm~”He’ll be as strong and flexible as Gumby and Hercules Combined!”
~~”You mean Gumbercules? I LOVE that guy!”
Report Post »idarusskie
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:40pmadultery is illegal in many states but never enforced because whats a month in jail anyway.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:57pmIf a man commits adultery with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT)
Whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery” (Matthew 5:32, 19:9 & Luke 16:18).
“…whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her” (Mark 10:11 & Luke 16:18), which applies to women as well (Mark 10:12).
Why is it that “devout Christians” are so worried about gay marriage, but not so much about adultery?
Report Post »jeanr
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:11pmGreat question JZS! We seem to do the same with the bill of rights, too. We show our love of the 2nd amendment with bumper stickers but god forbid if we try to separate church and state.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:16pm@ jzs
where do you see that this couple is “ christian”, or religious in any way ? I read the story five times and still cant find that information
oh, wait, your a t.ro.ll and love red herrings
get a life loser
Report Post »ares338
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:18pmIF JZS commits adultery with another mans poodle…is he an animal lover?
Report Post »JoKerr
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:21pmAdultery is also illegal according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), yet cheating abounds in and around the military.
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:46pmJZS=Skankmaker
Report Post »TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 5:48am@jzs You are not Jesus or you would know you were not born under the old laws in the Old Testament.Therefore you could not have died, hauled before your fellow man and been judged by them pointing fingers like you do. You are not Jesus or you would know that until he died and was raised taking all man’s sins upon himself that there were no Christians. You are not Jesus or you would know there is an allowance for divorce and that is for adultery. Nowhere in this story was Christianity mentioned however that never stops those who are ignorant does it? You are not Jesus or you would know the answer. (Incidentally Jesus is an advocator as well. Betcha didn’t know that.). Jesus is there for either of those persons should they ever choose to call on him-he died for all of our sins. but gives us free will. You are not Jesus or you would know that. Why do you keep worrying about the rest of us? We Christians can’t do it for you anyway.
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 4:50pmCheck the law according to the U.C.M.J. Bill Clinton enforced it but never abided by it.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 5:49pmDITTO HEAD . . .Oh goodie, Glenn gave yo a new word to say.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 6:57pmJZS…not concerned about either one…do as you please, just don’t send me the bill for STD and etc…what’s your infatuation with gays???? Seems to me they do quite well without your constant concern…
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 10:46pmThe common law tort of “criminal conversation” (suit brought by cuckolded husband against the guy who cheated with the cheating wife) is no longer recognized in any state that I know of. Bringing THAT back could put a damper on some cheating — plus, it would be a civil matter, not a criminal matter (despite the name of the tort).
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:39pmThe government should get out of peoples bedrooms period.
Report Post »OHSundevil
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:45pmAmen.
Report Post »sane_man
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:55pmAgreed.
Report Post »lcovar
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:38amAmen
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 8:58pmagreed, along with their bathrooms, living rooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, garages, offices, pools, yards, and cars but do you really think that is going to happen.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:38pmFrankly, for ______ and grins, I’d like to see it enforced. It might put the fear in cheating men knowing their wife could file charges.
Note the second part of the law specifically says the wife or husband has to file a complaint. He filed, the police must arrest her whether they agree with the law or not.
Report Post »john koenig
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:14pmI agree 100%. Want to screw someone else? Get a divorce first. And if you do commit adultery, you should lose your kids. Period.
Report Post »Enforce those rules and watch the divorce rat go down by 75% within weeks.
spirited
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:21pmActually, it might cause the unmarried to think before they covet the married.
8^>
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:32pmI wonder if he has thought about who will end up paying for the “bail”… In the long run. Just divorce the wench and try to get full custody of your children and don’t look back.
You have a pretty good chance considering her history. Do you really want this brand of slut raising your children?
File for divorce, while she is incarcerated, trust me on this. She won’t be able to lie her way out of where she was and why she was there…
I won full custody of my kids when they were three and six! Now they are 22 and 19… I have to admit grinding my ex legally into the floor was pure enjoyment! It could only be equaled by news of her contracting the slowest, most devastating painful, fatal disease known to man.
Some say I’m a little bitter about the whole thing… Ya Think?
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 1:35pmWorkForIt – I understand your feelings. I too was cheated on by my husband. I have forgiven, but I have not forgotten. I did what any good soon to be ex-wife would do; I left him with the house and the payment that went along with it. We had no kids. He had this grand idea that he would move into his girlfriends house that she just bought a block away and I’d pay for the house we bought together. I said no, I did not want the house. Besides he bought it under VA, so technically it was his. I did take all the furniture though, since I was starting over I needed it more than he did. She ended up selling her house at a loss; bless her little heart and moving into Rob’s house.
Report Post »wolfinshdo
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 7:17pm@ Workforit… Your one of the very few. It doesn’t work that way in about 89% of the cases. I saw a study back in 2005 that showed that nationwide averages for contested custody cases were 89% granted to the Mother. Only 11% were given to the Father. I have heard it is slowly changing as more of the older Judges are retiring. I was actually told by a Family Court Judge (off the record of course) that unless she was injecting drugs IN THE COURTROOM that I had no shot of getting my (then) 5 and 6 year old children. She has since been ordered into rehab 3 or 4 times due to “Driving while Intoxicated”, “Child endangerment”, “Violating an Order of Protection” that barred her from drinking or using drugs while in possession of the children, and those are just the ones in the last 2 years.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:30pmHaw…My first wife would be in Alcatraz…for decades.
Report Post »Kinda hate to admit that but she was really a criminally inclined piece of work.
MAULEMALL
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:41pmCan’t turn a ho into a housewife
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:28pm.
Report Post »Dave, did it ever occur to you that eating Cheetoes, watching Porn and then trying to figure out why your Junk turned Orange. Might have had something to do with the wife leaving?…….
Doctor Nordo
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:52pmOH yeah, it‘s always the man’s fault, right?
Report Post »Wat Tyler
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:34pmGood point…But then again she more than likely is just a natural born wh*re. She has that look about her.
Can‘t pass up all the swingin’ Richards comin’ her way.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:27pmHow could he have stayed with a slut that cheated on him 7 or 8 times that he knew of…kids or no kids.
Report Post »rickmich68
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:35amHe stayed because statistics say that 2 parents in the home is better for the kids in the long run whether they get along or not. Is it better that he leave and let her bring home a bunch of different men for the kids to see. Its called common sense. At least for those that have some.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 1:54am@RICK
Report Post »Sorry dude I’ve got to totally disagree. Working through problems for the sake of the children is one thing . This woman had no respect for her husband or for herself ,so how good of a mother could she have been ,totally self indulgent . If you can’t show respect for your spouse in a loving home your children will still grow up in dysfunctional family ,your children don’t live in a vacuum . BTW I’ve been married to my first love for 23 years.
JoePatriot
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:20pmShe can’t afford the divorce? Then there must be some way to force her hand. Abandoning the marriage?
I see this crap go on all the time. It isn’t the men either. 4:1 Women vs. Men cheating. Theses women are abusing the family court system knowing that the court will either rule in their favor or not enforce the law.
Report Post »wolfinshdo
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 7:26pmGod forbid the man actually brings something into the marriage like property or stocks etc… In NY if the marriage lasts 5 years, she gets not only the kids, child support, spousal support, etc… but half of everything he owns. In 10 years or so she could build up a good nest egg from 2 different husbands.
Report Post »sane_man
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:18pmAnd here’s where the hypocrisy will no doubt fly. A large portion of you will think this is actually a good idea and yet spout on and on about personal freedoms, etc You love laws when they inhibit other people’s actions…just not when they inhibit your own.
I know it’s not all of you (Pamela for instance), but a sad bunch of you have no idea what Real Conservatism is.You confuse Conservatism with Christianity and war-mongering.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:31pmYou’re probably right.
I myself am a very staunch MRA (Men’s Rights Activist) and hate the legal leverage that women are able to use against the men in their lives and I admit that hearing about the courts coming back around to bite abusing women in the rear gives me a little thrill.
However, I am also a Libertarian and do believe in personal freedom and government non-intervention in personal lives. So I cannot support laws like these. The ends do not justify the means.
Report Post »sane_man
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:33pm@DOCTOR NORDO Thank you Doctor, for helping to prove me wrong and staying true to your ideals. :-) More people like you and we’d likely be better off.
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:33amThen don’t get a State Marrage License that is enforcible in other States.
Then do not seek a Legal Status.
There are trade offs to everything.
Then get the State out of Marriage and reall separate the Church function regarding Marriage and Family from the State.
Oh that is right, it really cannot be done, as the State comes from Family.
So, the State will have to be Chrisitian to some degree to serve the function fo protecting the Chrisitian Family, sinc ethe Common Law comes from THE BOOK, the KJB.
Report Post »keaton
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 10:23pmDr Nordo. The power women have over men, caused me to start a corporation with my son, before he got married. She cannot have access to the assets of the corporation. Maybe if she can’t make money by leaving, she will be more inclined to stay.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:15pmBy looking at her I wouldnt do her with yours
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:45pmSkankarama!
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:14pmIt would be just so much better to scramble their language and send them fleeing into the jungle to live rather than deal with these people.
Report Post »Arminianism
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:14pmAdultery is awful but it is no place for government to have their already over intrusive noses.
The only good use for a law like this would be to enforce it in DC and we could throw 80% of the politicians in jail. Or 98% of NBA players…..
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:35amMaybe that would be a great beginning to a Sane Society?
Report Post »drumdude
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:14pmYeah…what a way to save a family by having the guilty spouse arrested and locked up. I agree with the detective….“It’s about time she got on with her life and you get on with yours.”
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:36amThe Detective is Defective.
He took and Oath to the Law.
Report Post »Jude 4
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:13pmAnd in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
(Mar 10:10-12)
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
(1Co 6:9-10)
Astonishing and terribly sad to hear that this mans wife “did not feel bad or guilty” Her dead conscience will be awakened eventually, but then it will be too late. Maybe she will open the scriptures and heed the warnings. This is common in the apostate “church”, and the sin of the age. If Gods threatenings no longer alarm the conscience, then I must affirm the words of Isaiah;
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. (Isa 3:9)
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:38amAnd a day will come when several women take hold of one man and plead, we will grow our own food, we will make our own clothes, give us your name and take our reproach from us!
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:13pmYep, she got her new Sally Jesse Raphael designer glasses and went to local bars to meet the ‘Man of her Dreams’.
Dude, the cop was being nice-don’t just get on with your life, do YOURSELF a favor. She’s not coming back until she A) Contracts a deadly STD B) Has no $$$ C) both A & B
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:09pmI guess I am shocked. While I believe that adultery is wrong I think this could cause an awful lot of overcrowding in the jails. How many people would be serving time if this were a nationwide law . It seems extreme to me. Sort of Sharia like but less violent. Unless you walk in someones shoes, it is hard to judge.
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:40amSince Marraige has no consequences, it should be eliminated then.
Report Post »Susanna
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:08pmThats still the law in Florida too and if my husband cheated on me, I would pursue it.
Report Post »OHSundevil
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:43pmYep if you can’t make him love you then put him in jail….this has got to be the stupidest law ever. More legislating of morality…it never works, let’s just put everyone in jail…
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 4:17pmSusanna, with Divorce v. 2.0, you can force him into indentured servitude. A lot of women are doing just that. Ain’t no-fault divorces grand?
Of course, it has a severe impact on daughters. Not many young men want to marry, seeing that the end result is to be taken to cleaners. There is simply nothing compelling in the institution of marriage any more, for young men. The primary reason why the institution of marriage existed was to guarantee that then offspring is his (and the breach of paternity guarantee was subject to wide range of sanctions, while philandering by men also was subject to sanctions as well) . With that removed, what on earth would be the reason to sign the dotted line?
Yes, we’re heading for a crash, because the framework that worked successfully for more than a millennium and was responsible for the rise of western civilization has been corroded away in 3 generations. Two more, and there won’t be anything but rust and a slightest disturbance will make all the scaffolding crashing down.
Ohsundevil, it’s not matter of legislating morality. The laws were intended to uphold the contractual framework of marriage, because that was the basic foundation of civilized society. Adultery is a serious breach of contract. But since not many people take the marriage as a binding contract seriously today (especially them wenches, as they have all the privileges these days and can do as they please), these laws belong to another era.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:06pmWhat about the dude thats bangin a married chick ??? Are they gonna crack him on the nut sack with a wooden spoon or what ?
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:12pmNah, its like iran. The men get a slap on the wrist.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:13pmNo he’ll be forced to look at a picture of a naked Nancy Pelosi.
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:41amHe is supposed to be locked up too.
Report Post »texasoysterman
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 7:17am@Progressive-No way! That’s cruel and unusual punishment.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 5:50pmPROGRESSIVE CHUMLEY . . Yeah, but you gotta admit, Pelosi has one impressive rack.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:01pmWould adultery between illegal immigrants be illegal?
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:11pmNo, Thats how illegal mexicans breed here in Texas. And man they breed like Cane Toads
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:11pmOnly if they are Muslim…….and then the Woman gets stoned…..not the man!!
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:15pmActually, adultery is illegal in a lot of states, it is just one of the many laws they don’t enforce. Our legal system is bloated and useless. The laws need to be updated once in a while and they should either enforce the law or repeal the law.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:18pmIn calf. the woman and man can get stoned
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db321
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:19pmSpeaking of Breading – am I the only one that has noticed that Romney has marked his sons like a Heifer Bull.
Report Post »sane_man
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:19pm@DEALER@678 Racist.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:35pm@sane. Your racist crap doesnt work. Not any more. Think of something else you turd
Report Post »sane_man
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:22am@DEALER@678 the fact that you don‘t’ find your comments to be racist is as damning as anything else. yes latinos tend to have lots of children. So do Mormons and the Amish. your “breed like cane toads” comment is comparing these people to animals. “Breed” is often reserved for animal procreation. You know this. Don’ act stupid. You know you hate Mexicans. Just man up, grow a pair, and admit it.
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:45amSane tell that to my mother referring to herself.
Then again she had 8 children but the Dr.s said she was sterile after #1.
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 4:33pmInsane_man, he doesn’t hate Mexicans. He just has a problem with the illegal ones. Oddly enough, so does a lot of Mexicans (Cubans, Guatemalans, etc.) that came in legally.
As for “breed”… how about “reproduce” or “multiply”? Would that be okay with you?
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