Dear Reporters,
If you’re interviewing a theocrat who says “all our laws are based on the Ten Commandments” and you don’t immediately ask them to provide evidence and examples for that laughably stupid claim, just go ahead and quit your job.
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/u...
Only 3/10 are illegal at all (murder, stealing, false witness), and the constitution goes out of its way to ensure laws /can't/ be based on several others. Such a dumb claim
I was addressing the second half snarkily. With some knowledge of how adultery laws have worked in various places over time, where it was technically illegal for both parties, but men had far more latitude for action written in the law. Future is inflected by the past but doesn't directly mirror it.
There was a case in NY maybe 15 years ago? But it was a couple that were having sex in a park during the day, turns out the woman was cheating on her husband. They were both charged IIRC don't recall how it turned out. But adultery is still illegal in NY
