Should adultery be made illegal? (Now with correct poll)

[Archbob]

It already is in a sense, I think it should be enforced better. If you are caught in adultry within a marriage then when divorce comes, you don't get 50/50 split of the wealth. I think the penalty should be more severe than the sum of money it is now.

When you get married, you did say "through sickness or health, till death do we part" , meaning your stuck with the other guy as long as you live unless you get divorced. If you want to go around having random sex, why get married in the first place. If your just getting married to receive legal benefits, how is that any more right then a gay marriage or any other union of two people who are committed?

 

[GenMarshall]

As I stop to think. I beleve that the government should step in and punish the one who has done the adulterous act. No one deserves to get hurt when their wife cheats on them behind their back. Adultery is hurtful to the victim since he or she will have to deal with the pain of the feeling that they have been cheated on.

Death is way too extrime (Adultery is an act punishable by death by stoning in the middle east ). The punishments should be different for each sex. If a man comits adultery, nothing should be done. If a woman comits adultery, then she will have to be punished with a divorce.

I may sound like a fascist, but I am only speeking from experiance since I had been hurt in the past when two of my ex-girlfriends back in high school cheated on me behind my back.

 

[MjM]

Now differnt punishments for each sexes? A man getting off the hook? Sounds pretty extreme to me. Which is why I voted no.

 

[slip79]

The punishments should be different for each sex. If a man comits adultery, nothing should be done. If a woman comits adultery, then she will have to be punished with a divorce.

That doesn't sounds facist, it sounds sexist to the extreme.
So woman cheating is somehow worse than a man cheating.
That's just crazy.

 

[Irish Caesar]

The punishments should be different for each sex. If a man comits adultery, nothing should be done. If a woman comits adultery, then she will have to be punished with a divorce.

I may sound like a fascist, but I am only speeking from experiance since I had been hurt in the past when two of my ex-girlfriends back in high school cheated on me behind my back.

Had it been the other way around, you don't think they would have been hurt?

 

[Bugfatty300]

No one deserves to get hurt when their wife cheats on them behind their back. Adultery is hurtful to the victim since he or she will have to deal with the pain of the feeling that they have been cheated on.

Thats life. Alot of things hurt when it comes to love and relationships. Trust me. I know just as well as you do.

But people will get over it. Those who don't ever get over a bad relationship are probably socially inept and this most likely has nothing to do with the actions other partner.

You can't lock people up for hurting other's feelings or causing emotional distress by being a lousy partner. But you should be able to sue the crap out of them though.

 

[newfangle]

45% of you are idiots.

 

[Little Raven]

45% of you are idiots.

Not necessarily. Remember the demographics of the board. Most of them will grow out of it.

 

[GenMarshall]

45% of you are idiots.

(Not sure if true), but 45% of us has been hurt by adultery.

 

[sanabas]

But everyone seems to be in agreement that adultery is immoral. So who's imposing anything?

Nope, I'm not in agreement. If you have an agreement with someone that you'll have sex with them and only them, then sex with someone else is immoral. But that agreement doesn't require marriage, and marriage doesn't require that agreement. So I don't agree that sex outside marriage is immediately immoral.

 

[slip79]

(Not sure if true), but 45% of us has been hurt by adultery.

I've been hurt by adultery.
And I've been hurt by my gf cheating on me.
I still voted no.

 

[GenMarshall]

I've been hurt by adultery.
And I've been hurt by my gf cheating on me.
I still voted no.

Strange, I would hope that people who had been hurt by adultery and being cheated on would have voted yes on this .

 

[slip79]

Strange, I would hope that people who had been hurt by adultery and being cheated on would have voted yes on this .

Well, not everyone is like you....

 

[Global Nexus]

No, it most certainly should not. I'm also extremely surprised at how many people are so controlling as to think it should be. It's sickening, in my opinion. Absolutely sickening.

 

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Adultery and fornication should be illegal.

 

[Birdjaguar]

How would feel if your wife cheated on you behind your back? Perhaps devistated. Luckly we dont have to stone people nor kill women who commited adultery.

Ah the ultimate answer, punish those who make you feel bad. Maybe the man deserved it. Humans are not monogamous by nature. Modern social mores try to minimize out of wedlock sex, but fail. Such "rules" will continue to fail. Sex is a much stronger drive than getting drunk, and look how well we dealt with prohibition in the 1930s. Aids did slow down extramarital sex in the 80s and 90s, but only because of the fear of death. Now people are just more careful about how they go about it. You might as well try outlawing masterbation while you are at it.

 

[GenMarshall]

Ah the ultimate answer, punish those who make you feel bad. Maybe the man deserved it. Humans are not monogamous by nature. Modern social mores try to minimize out of wedlock sex, but fail. Such "rules" will continue to fail. Sex is a much stronger drive than getting drunk, and look how well we dealt with prohibition in the 1930s. Aids did slow down extramarital sex in the 80s and 90s, but only because of the fear of death. Now people are just more careful about how they go about it.

Humans should learn to be monogamous. Its wrong to comit adultery since it leaves the other person hurt and a feeling of betrayal.

You might as well try outlawing masterbation while you are at it.

To late, most Conservative Christian Churches beleve that masterbation is a sin .

 

[slip79]

Humans should learn to be monogamous. Its wrong to comit adultery since it leaves the other person hurt and a feeling of betrayal.

But it's not gonna happen, ever.

To late, most Conservative Christian Churches beleve that masterbation is a sin .

HAHAHA... good luck outlawing it!! and prosecuting for it.

 

[Global Nexus]

As I stop to think. I beleve that the government should step in and punish the one who has done the adulterous act. No one deserves to get hurt when their wife cheats on them behind their back. Adultery is hurtful to the victim since he or she will have to deal with the pain of the feeling that they have been cheated on.

Well, boo hoo. I've dealt with a betrayal of this magnitude, and I still function emotionally. I didn't deserve it, but I dealt with it and lived past it. In fact, I'd be inclined to say it has made me far stronger emotionally.

The punishments should be different for each sex. If a man comits adultery, nothing should be done. If a woman comits adultery, then she will have to be punished with a divorce.

So you're basically admitting to be a sexist here, or what? Does this mean that as a male, I can go out and commit all the adultry I want and nothing would be done while on the other hand if, say, I had a wife and she commited adultry she'd be punished?

I may sound like a fascist, but I am only speeking from experiance since I had been hurt in the past when two of my ex-girlfriends back in high school cheated on me behind my back.

You don't sound like a fascist -- you sound like a reactionary whose first reaction to a bad experience is "ban it".

 

[punkbass2000]

Well, should it?
Here is my case for why it should:
1. You entered into a binding contract/pact with your wife. You are breaching the contract if you are unfaithful. So actually adultery is already illegal, it is just not being enforced.
2. Say you are a father and husband. Cheating on your wife could split up the marriage, and definately would harm both your wife and children much more than say; a burglary, mugging or auto-theft, all of which are illegal.

Vote in the poll. And add anything you think is worth adding to the thread.

By your logic breaking a date would be a criminal offence.