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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Indonesias Parliament unanimously voted on Tuesday to ban sex outside of marriage and insulting the president and state institutions.
Once in force, the bans will affect foreign visitors as well as citizens. Theyre part of an overhaul of the countrys criminal code that has been in the works for years. The new code also expands an existing blasphemy law and keeps a five-year prison term for deviations from the central tenets of Indonesias six recognized religions: Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism. The code still needs approval from the president, and the government says it will not be fully implemented for several years.
The amended code says sex outside marriage is punishable by a year in jail and cohabitation by six months, but adultery charges must be based on police reports lodged by a spouse, parents or children.
Citizens could also face a 10-year prison term for associating with organizations that follow Marxist-Leninist ideology and a four-year sentence for spreading communism.
https://apnews.com/article/religion-indonesia-government-and-politics-68f35819346c5c5b2103e8b9979b51df
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,619 posts)sdfernando
(6,084 posts)Kablooie
(19,107 posts)The Christian extremists are salivating over this kind of power.
Of course they will all expect to break this law constantly but don't expect to get caught.
DemocraticPatriot
(5,410 posts)Or maybe forced sterilization for Republican men, so we can prevent abortions???
IMHO, if we polled these questions, I think we would see significant support for such policies...