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FascismIsDeath

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27. The text of the law itself doesn't speak to any "coercive elements" though.

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 03:40 PM

Mar 13

Its based on "alienation of affection". If you can prove that someone made your spouse not want to be with you anymore, you can sue them. There was a case in 2019 where some guy sued this other guy who had an affair with his wife and was awarded over 8 million dollars. And there definitely was no professional relationship in that case. He just said "he screwed my wife, it destroyed our marriage".

Based on the details I've read about the case, the wife isn't claiming that he was coerced either. She just claims that he was seduced. The truth is, her husband or ex-husband or whatever their status is now, is an asshole who betrayed her. If you are tempted to cheat on your spouse, you should go ahead and get separated. Its obvious that you aren't into the marriage anymore if you no longer want to be with just them and you aren't in some open marriage agreement.

And the whole thing was originally designed around the thinking that your spouse is your property, particularly women being the property of their husbands.

I understand your extreme case and I think there are probably a whole host of other laws that could cover compensation for something that insane. This law wasn't designed to punish an extreme case like that, though it incidentally would work I suppose.

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Kyrsten Sinema: Yes, I Banged My Bodyguard in Lots o' Places ... [View all] shelshaw Mar 13 OP

Fake in every way. Kid Berwyn Mar 13 #1

Sinema's Lover's Ex-Wife 2028 !! leftstreet Mar 13 #2

In the House of Representatives, Sinema was a member of the Blue Dog Coalition and the Problem Solvers Caucus. Celerity Mar 13 #3

iow- she stood for nothing. mopinko Mar 13 #14

She just went whichever way the wind was blowing. nt City Lights Mar 13 #21

She stood for enriching herself not fooled Mar 13 #24

She is a complete fraud. Good riddance, etc. But a lawsuit like this shouldn't be allowed to happen. FascismIsDeath Mar 13 #4

Not so sure about the lawsuit unblock Mar 13 #5

The "coercive" element has nothing to do with the ass backwards North Carolina law. FascismIsDeath Mar 13 #12

i agree that these laws have an odious original and usage, and on the whole we're probably better off without such laws unblock Mar 13 #22

The text of the law itself doesn't speak to any "coercive elements" though. FascismIsDeath Mar 13 #27

Shouldn't happen? Isn't that for the court to decide? FSogol Mar 13 #8

It will be. And I can still say the law its based on shouldn't exist. FascismIsDeath Mar 13 #11

You know, whatever she was when they first voted for her, by the end, we knew Baitball Blogger Mar 13 #6

No because it's a gendered slur EdmondDantes_ Mar 13 #9

Give me something better. I will be happy to replace it. Baitball Blogger Mar 13 #10

poseur. ratfucker. scumbag. mopinko Mar 13 #15

I used your choices as a source of inspiration. Baitball Blogger Mar 13 #16

that was off the top of my head. i cd have gone on. mopinko Mar 13 #17

Then why not simply use them whathehell Mar 13 #19

Because I personally did not object to the Baitball Blogger Mar 13 #20

I'm guessing that.. whathehell Mar 13 #23

I love it when ladies call me "big dick" 😁 ☮ walkingman Mar 13 #26

I prefer "needle dick" myself. 😊 whathehell Mar 13 #30

Not a man at all. Baitball Blogger Mar 13 #35

This completes her Republican bonifides Bobstandard Mar 13 #7

She's a political interloper... La Coliniere Mar 13 #13

I don't like her either, whathehell Mar 13 #18

wait.. you can sue an affair partner? quakerboy Mar 13 #25

I'm not sure if this would be whathehell Mar 13 #33

In North Carolina, apparently. Maybe other backward states, too. nilram Mar 13 #34

This illustrates our collective tilt Torchlight Mar 13 #28

Sinema is a circus clown AZ8theist Mar 13 #29

Turns out the country wasn't the only thing she fucked... Fil1957 Mar 13 #31

I've always called her Kyrsten "Cinema" because she is a bad actor. OMGWTF Mar 13 #32