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Re: Do you support legalizing gay marriage?
You said that you would want to make adultery illegal because those who commit adultery are breaking a vow they made to God or before God. I'm saying that not everyone who gets married makes a vow to God, either to only have sexual relations with that other person or at all, and it certainly is not a legal vow even if they do make one, at least not to God. The reason that they can be held accountable within civil courts (such as during divorce) for adultery or "alienation of affection" is because it is considered that a person made an oral promise to another to remain faithful to them with their affections. There are only a few states that still allow such suits (NC is one of them).
Alienation of Affection: Cost of Adultery
So, if adultery were to be made illegal, particularly for the reason you stated you thought it should be illegal earlier, that would mean that you would be trying to force people to live up to vows that they didn't actually take.
I never said YOU had to do anything.
You said that you would want to make adultery illegal because those who commit adultery are breaking a vow they made to God or before God. I'm saying that not everyone who gets married makes a vow to God, either to only have sexual relations with that other person or at all, and it certainly is not a legal vow even if they do make one, at least not to God. The reason that they can be held accountable within civil courts (such as during divorce) for adultery or "alienation of affection" is because it is considered that a person made an oral promise to another to remain faithful to them with their affections. There are only a few states that still allow such suits (NC is one of them).
Alienation of Affection: Cost of Adultery
So, if adultery were to be made illegal, particularly for the reason you stated you thought it should be illegal earlier, that would mean that you would be trying to force people to live up to vows that they didn't actually take.