Bill Repealing Adultery Officially Signed Into Law

[Mark]

Bill Repealing Adultery Officially Signed Into Law

A proposal to repeal the crime of adultery from Colorado’s books has been signed into law.

The legislation that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Friday removes what Democratic bill sponsors say is an outdated 19-century statute. The bill also would repeal the rarely-used law of contributing to “sexual immorality” by providing a place, such as a hotel room, for unmarried people to have sex.

Bill sponsors say the bill is about keeping government out of people’s bedrooms.

But Republican Sen. Kevin Lundberg, who opposed the bill, argues the law is not archaic and moral standards continue to be important.

Adultery has been illegal in Colorado, but no criminal penalty is specified.

The bill becomes law 90 days after the Colorado Legislature adjourns in May.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/03/22/bill-to-repeal-of-colorado-adultery-law-signed/

[Psalm 51:17]

Bill sponsors say the bill is about keeping government out of people’s bedrooms.

They complain about THIS, but they're not saying a peep about all the Big Brother laws that are intruding all aspects of our privacy?

Whatever up is down, and down is up nowdays, it seems.

[Kilika]

But Republican Sen. Kevin Lundberg, who opposed the bill, argues the law is not archaic and moral standards continue to be important.

Adultery has been illegal in Colorado, but no criminal penalty is specified.

Where in the Constitution does it say it is the government's job to guide the public's moral standards?

And these kinds of "Elizabethan laws" are in place as a result of organized religion imposing their will on the public. Having no specified penalty, it's obvious they just wanted to get what the bible says about it on the secular law books, as it would provide a specific legal out for divorce for those who claim to be Christians. Provides a legal basis for "bill of divorcement" as I see it in my limited legal mind.