With about half of
Italian married men, (and a third of the women) admitting to having had
extra-marital affairs, it is not surprising that the Italian Senate is
considering a bill to outright de-criminalize adultery in the country.
Supporters of
the Bill, such as Senator Laura Cantini, argue that the concept of “fidelity”
in marriage is “outdated and obsolete”. They therefore want the word to be removed
from marriage contracts, just as it is missing from the contracts used by
same-sex partners in their gay “marriages.”
The proposal has
already been passed to the Senate Judiciary Committee to consideration.
Making a case
for the change, Senator Cantini argued that the current marriage contract is
“the legacy of an outdated and antiquated vision of marriage, family and the
duties.” Several comments from the
public as noted by Christian.org were however critical of the Senator’s
argument. On Facebook, Myra Frost wrote: "A marriage is also a
commitment... to be faithful for better or worse. If one can't see
himself/herself adhering to it, why bother? http://www.christian.org.uk/news/faithfulness-marriage-outdated-claim-italian-lawmakers/
Meanwhile
a judge in Illinois in the US has angrily noted that adultery is still an
offense in the state. Judge Richard
Posner made the comment after he and his other two colleagues at the Seventh
Circuit Court of Appeals had reluctantly agreed with a man who sued his wife
for wire-tapping his email, that the woman indeed had a case to answer.
Paula Epstein had
tapped his husband’s email to gain access to his communication with several
mistresses with which he was having adulterous affairs. After the woman submitted these emails to
back her filing for divorce, Epstein came up with the wire-tapping charges,
which is a federal offense in the US. Judge
Posner remarked: “Mr. Epstein wanted to conceal his infidelity from his
wife primarily it seems because the revelation of it would give her
added leverage in a divorce proceeding. I don’t understand
why federal, or for that matter state, law should protect an
interest so lacking in any social benefit, especially when one
considers that adultery remains a crime in 20 of the nation’s
50 states.” Obviously fuming, Judge Posner wrote:“I don’t understand why
law should promote dishonesty and deception by protecting an undeserved, a
rightly tarnished, reputation.”
Details at http://christiannews.net/2016/12/22/adultery-remains-a-crime-judge-notes-in-case-of-man-who-sued-wife-for-reading-email-from-mistresses/
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