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Cheating on your spouse is illegal here in AZ.

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  1. mesaplayeraz mesaplayeraz is offline

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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 5:19am)

    I was watching news on tv and it said cheating on your spouse is illegal here in AZ. I didnt know that, not that I have to worry about as Im single but am shocked it is illegal.

    Copied this from ABC local news website:
    For the record, committing adultery in Arizona is punishable by up to three years in prison.

    3 years in prison if convicted of adultery is ridiculous!
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 5:20am) in reply to mesaplayeraz

    I'm sure its a misprint or maybe a law on the books from like a 100+ years ago and isn't enforced anymore.......
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 5:21am) in reply to mesaplayeraz

     
    Originally Posted by mesaplayeraz View Post

    I was watching news on tv and it said cheating on your spouse is illegal here in AZ. I didnt know that, not that I have to worry about as Im single but am shocked it is illegal.

    Copied this from ABC local news website:
    For the record, committing adultery in Arizona is punishable by up to three years in prison.

    3 years in prison if convicted of adultery is ridiculous!

    Still lots of silly old laws like that on the books around the country that mostly get ignored by prosecutors. No idea when the last time someone got convicted of adultery in this country was.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 5:22am) in reply to Dyzalot

    could be sentenced to stoning or hanging, that sounds a little worse
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 5:23am) in reply to DBo Fo Sho

    Illegal in Wisconsin too.

    http://www.vanwagnerwood.com/CM/Custom/Adultery.asp
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  6. mesaplayeraz mesaplayeraz is offline

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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 5:23am) in reply to Tourney

     
    Originally Posted by Tourney View Post

    I'm sure its a misprint or maybe a law on the books from like a 100+ years ago and isn't enforced anymore.......

    It is still illegal but from what I read, is hardly enforced but still think its ridiculous its illegal here.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 5:24am) in reply to mesaplayeraz

     
    Originally Posted by mesaplayeraz View Post

    It is still illegal but from what I read, is hardly enforced but still think its ridiculous its illegal here.

    you sound like you are planning to challenge this law sometime soon
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 5:24am) in reply to DBo Fo Sho

    More on adultery laws around the country.

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion...umn26_ST_N.htm
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 5:28am) in reply to Dyzalot

    This isn't uncommon at all.

    Many states still have adultery laws in their penal codes. They are unenforced, obv., but they remain in the codes because it makes no sense for a politician to champion the cause. It presents no political gain for any politician; no politician wants to be known as the guy who wanted to make adultery legal, which is still perceived by many as an immoral act.


    Minn. Stat. 609.36 ADULTERY.

    Subdivision 1.Acts constituting. When a married woman has sexual intercourse with a man other than her husband, whether married or not, both are guilty of adultery and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 5:42am) in reply to Purple Jesus

    lol penal
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 6:07am) in reply to norcaljeff

    norcaljeff asked to see my penal code. He was turned off when it was filled with warts
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 6:43am) in reply to DBo Fo Sho

     
    Originally Posted by DBo Fo Sho View Post

    you sound like you are planning to challenge this law sometime soon

    Nope.. Im single and a guy would have to be stupid to hook up with a married woman with gun laws in this state. No thanks.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 7:13am) in reply to mesaplayeraz

     
    Originally Posted by mesaplayeraz View Post

    Nope.. Im single and a guy would have to be stupid to hook up with a married woman with gun laws in this state. No thanks.

    Finally realize why conservative christians love their guns so much...
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 7:50am) in reply to Dyzalot

     
    Originally Posted by Dyzalot View Post

    Still lots of silly old laws like that on the books around the country that mostly get ignored by prosecutors. No idea when the last time someone got convicted of adultery in this country was.

    I'm so thankful we have hired professionals that choose which laws to enforce and which to ignore. End sarcasm.

    My feelings are if its a law it should be enforced. If the law is 'bad', then have it removed from the books.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 11:52am) in reply to RichardHurtz

     
    Originally Posted by RichardHurtz View Post

    I'm so thankful we have hired professionals that choose which laws to enforce and which to ignore. End sarcasm.

    My feelings are if its a law it should be enforced. If the law is 'bad', then have it removed from the books.

    theirs a new law and an old law, they don't worry about the old law that includes things like these adultery laws and the constitution.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 12:36pm) in reply to Tourney

    Should be enforced IMO.

    If ya wanna screw around on your wife/husband then get a divorce.

    But I'm ol fashioned like that ya know thinking the vows you take when married would actually mean something.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 12:39pm) in reply to tekiller

     
    Originally Posted by tekiller View Post

    Should be enforced IMO.

    If ya wanna screw around on your wife/husband then get a divorce.

    But I'm ol fashioned like that ya know thinking the vows you take when married would actually mean something.

    Pretty sure vows can mean something without needing jail time if you break them.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 12:42pm) in reply to Dyzalot

     
    Originally Posted by Dyzalot View Post

    Pretty sure vows can mean something without needing jail time if you break them.


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    ........really no shit Sherlock. but a lil jail time might help some of the retards in my generation.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 12:44pm) in reply to tekiller

     
    Originally Posted by tekiller View Post

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    ........really no shit Sherlock. but a lil jail time might help some of the retards in my generation.


    yea because most people come out a better person after having spent time in jail or prison lol
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 12:51pm) in reply to Tourney

    No but a consequence Other than I get half your shit when you find out I'm cheating sure don't make sense.

    Take the law off okay but make a new law where people that cheat aren't automatically entitled to half your worth.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 12:56pm) in reply to tekiller

     
    Originally Posted by tekiller View Post

    No but a consequence Other than I get half your shit when you find out I'm cheating sure don't make sense.

    Take the law off okay but make a new law where people that cheat aren't automatically entitled to half your worth.

    Hell, why should people who don't cheat automatically be entitled to half your wealth? I'm fine with removing whatever law is in place that mandates such outcomes.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 1:00pm) in reply to Dyzalot

    There ya go everyone just needs to prenup up.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 1:25pm) in reply to tekiller

    "prenuptial agreements are not infallible" - my lawyer
    Edited By: jesterwords Jan 12th, 2012 at 01:25 PM
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 1:58pm) in reply to tekiller

     
    Originally Posted by tekiller View Post

    No but a consequence Other than I get half your shit when you find out I'm cheating sure don't make sense.

    Take the law off okay but make a new law where people that cheat aren't automatically entitled to half your worth.

    it's your choice who you marry, if that person tends to be one without morals, then it's at least partially the other spouses fault for not knowing them better before being married.

    The government does not need to get involved in private affairs.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 2:11pm) in reply to Purple Jesus

     
    Originally Posted by Purple Jesus View Post

    Minn. Stat. 609.36 ADULTERY.

    Subdivision 1.Acts constituting. When a married woman has sexual intercourse with a man other than her husband, whether married or not, both are guilty of adultery and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.

    So it's only illegal if the wife commits it but not the husband? lolawesome
     
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 2:13pm) in reply to time4badbeat

    Actually it kinda does otherwise who issues marriage certificates?

    I guess the govt could get out of it altogether where marriage means nothing. But if that doesn't happen then there will always be an interest in property assesment. Thus a law like many states have now that no matter the reason for divorce, and no matter how much one or the other brings in to the marriage assets are divided 50/50. Unless there is a prenup.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 2:47pm) in reply to time4badbeat

     
    Originally Posted by time4badbeat View Post

    So it's only illegal if the wife commits it but not the husband? lolawesome

    If you catch your wife cheating can you go to the DA's office and file a criminal complaint? Wouldn't the DA be compelled to prosecute?
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 2:53pm) in reply to RichardHurtz

    Not as bad as Iraq. There's a high profile case atm where a woman who's been raped is in prison for being raped... The judge has told her she can be released from prison IF she marries the rapist...

    That's crazy...

    BUT at least they stick to their laws...
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 2:55pm) in reply to 2JL

     
    Originally Posted by 2JL View Post

    Not as bad as Iraq. There's a high profile case atm where a woman who's been raped is in prison for being raped... The judge has told her she can be released from prison IF she marries the rapist...

    That's crazy...

    BUT at least they stick to their laws...

    Their slope is slippery for an entirely different reason.
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    Jan 12th, 2012 (1/12/2012 3:19pm) in reply to 2JL

     
    Originally Posted by 2JL View Post

    Not as bad as Iraq. There's a high profile case atm where a woman who's been raped is in prison for being raped... The judge has told her she can be released from prison IF she marries the rapist...

    That's crazy...

    BUT at least they stick to their laws...

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