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This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #1
Not sure the law is wrong (read my comments), but if he drugged her, isn't that a crime? lostnfound Feb 2019 #2
That isn't the reason these laws exist Major Nikon Feb 2019 #5
Because the husband owns her body. crazytown Feb 2019 #7
Well before then actually Major Nikon Feb 2019 #8
Law is a blunt instrument: mental incapacity laws were once justified as part of eugenics lostnfound Feb 2019 #12
Are you serious? yardwork Feb 2019 #13
I'm talking about the law in general, not this case lostnfound Feb 2019 #14
That's not what we're talking about at all. We're taking about rape. yardwork Feb 2019 #16
No duh. Why did DU get so hostile to discussions of nuance? No duh. Nt lostnfound Feb 2019 #17
You'd have to prove he drugged her. LisaL Feb 2019 #15
How about looking at the definitions of those terms, shall we? moriah Feb 2019 #18
Something discussed in advance lostnfound Feb 2019 #19
I would make sure this story follows him forever. rainin Feb 2019 #3
More here: littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #4
didn't know this was still legal Lazy Daisy Feb 2019 #6
Another disincentive for marriage. Ilsa Feb 2019 #9
Since his son was nearby how about child porn charges? cstanleytech Feb 2019 #10
Wow. Sickening and shocking that rape is allowed anywhere, let alone in America. SunSeeker Feb 2019 #11
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