Human nature, people should be free to choose. Keep the government out of people's private affairs. Pun intended.

First, rid no fault divorce. Make breaking a vow mean something. We have thrown out all virtue like integrity, commitment, and honesty for satanic (yes, I said satanic) libertine values.

Secondly, if adultery is proven, the assets and custody awarded to the innocent spouse should be whip enough. Prison or anything of that nature is redundant, and excuses the offender from their responsibilities to their children.

(Edit: just saw the reply, we need to embrace human nature, haha yes society should devolve into human excrement rather than hold to objective standards.)

in a way it used to be , Being a philanderer or divorced carried a significant social stigma

Normalizing divorce might be as bad for society as normalizing out of wedlock children
A significant % of divorces start from somebody committing adultery

I say leave it up to the states. That said, I do think there should be severe penalties for adultery. There should also be significant reforms to our family law system to remedy the imbalance favoring women.

No it shouldn't be illegal, but it would be socially condemned by a God fearing society.

Adultery is very destructive to kids, to other family members, to their spouse. It is rotten act of selfishness. No fault divorce was and is a disaster. If a person is thinking of cheating and there are risk that come with it, they may think twice and work on the problems with their relationship or better yet get help.

There are cases where divorce should be granted but these days, people change spouses like underwear and the kids and the country lose. This whole thing needs to be reformed.

lethalninja said:

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Should adultery (specifically, someone that is married having sex with someone they're not married to) be illegal? I don't think it should be, but I asked one of my friends and he said he wouldn't be opposed to it being illegal, although he didn't know what the punishment should be. What are your thoughts?

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Divorce for cause and unequal distribution of assets. Irrespective of which party has the assets and which party strayed?

This may be the dumbest question ever.

ntxVol said:

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Human nature, people should be free to choose. Keep the government out of people's private affairs. Pun intended.

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Having sex with someone other than your wife will get you kicked out of the US Military.

As much as people here like to bash the military these days, that's one value I'm behind.

Adultery should be just as illegal as it should be for your wife to stop having sex with you.

Why does the religious right always try to ban stuff

lethalninja said:

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Should adultery (specifically, someone that is married having sex with someone they're not married to) be illegal? I don't think it should be, but I asked one of my friends and he said he wouldn't be opposed to it being illegal, although he didn't know what the punishment should be. What are your thoughts?

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Remind me of the main tenet of conservatism? I just want the government to leave me alone? Or are you up there high on that other axis?



I thought the goal was to have a free country.

if we could just legalize dueling, alot of these social problems would fix themselves.

Because a lot of people on the right aren't actually conservative. They love bug government as long as it promotes their specific ideals that they approve of. I can name a good chunk of posters on here that would be for making gay marriage, premarital sex, etc… illegal. And make Christianity mandatory for education for all citizens. These people aren't conservative

Bexar Ag said:

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Because a lot of people on the right aren't actually conservative. They love bug government as long as it promotes their specific ideals that they approve of. I can name a good chunk of posters on here that would be for making gay marriage, premarital sex, etc… illegal. And make Christianity mandatory for education for all citizens. These people aren't conservative

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Amen! Give Texas Repubs enough time and they will regulate everything and then spout off five minutes later about freedom. True conservatives on rolling over in their graves.