Adultery is no longer illegal in New York

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NPR

November 25, 2024 3:04 AM ET


Adultery is no longer a crime in New York.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday signed off on repealing a 1907 law prohibiting the act.

New York's penal law previously said that "a person is guilty of adultery when he engages in sexual intercourse with another person at a time when he has a living spouse, or the other person has a living spouse."

It was considered a Class B misdemeanor, which carries a jail sentence of up to three months. The New York State Senate called the law "outdated."

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/25/nx-s1-5204988/adultery-illegal-new-york

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[BoRaGard]

1. "Excellent." - G.O.P. Role-Model Felon/Rapist

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Great, now I can plea for a trip to NY.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. You mean that Trump could've been

prosecuted at least twice until now?

[groundloop]

4. Way more than twice.

But hey, apparently that's a desirable feature for the GQP.

[Ray Bruns]

5. And there was much rejoicing!

https://m.

[malthaussen]

6. Wonder when the GOP will get around to making it a Federal felony...

... only for the little people, of course.

-- Mal

[eggplant]

7. Woot!

[FSogol]

10. User name check out! Woot, indeed!

[Historic NY]

8. So apparently its no longer grounds for a divorce.

Because it is legal

[NowsTheTime]

9. We'll we have no-fault divorce if we can keep it.

[jmowreader]

11. I have said this for a while...

…but if a fault is required in divorce it won’t be all that hard to create one - send your husband and one of your single friends to a hotel for a night and take pictures through the window. They wouldn’t even have to do any sex - they get under the covers with their shirts off and pants on, and assume the missionary position.