Commie
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Yup, you are correct.
It may have already been mentioned somewhere, but back when marital rape wasn't a crime, an estranged husband could rape the wife he was legally separated from and not sharing the same residence. In Canada, the events that led to criminalizing rape...even within marriage, occurred because of a court case of a woman who had been separated from her husband, who barged in one day and raped and physically assaulted her. He was charged with aggravated assault, but the court ruled that since they were still legally married, he couldn't be charged with rape. And that's why the law was eventually changed in...I think it was 1978 off hand.
Nice to know that conservatives want to turn back the clock on this reform as well! How long will it be before we have burning witches and adulteresses being forced to wear a scarlet letter?