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In reply to the discussion: GOP Bill Would Force Divorcing Women To Get Permission Before Sex [View all]quaker bill
(8,265 posts)is the reason for the divorce in the first place. In short, what if the new relationship was in place before the divorce papers were filed?
Does it need to stop until the court process is finished?
It seems as if you make out of wedlock coitus illegal during a divorce, it would be even more illegal before the divorce is filed.
In that extra-marital affairs are one of the most common proximal causes for divorce filings (obviously the affair can have causes that reach farther back in time), it seems that the State would be taking on a rather large and colorful enforcement challenge.
Of course, the republicans have no intent of actually taking on the challenge, as they would never hire the people or fund such a program, as this would be Big Government writ large. What they would like to do is to pick a case or two and pin a scarlet letter on some woman in the public square.
It is just more bread and circus to keep us distracted while the 1% cleans out our bank accounts and retirement plans.