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Rolly

Dec 26, 2011, 8:22 AM

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I read in the paper this morning that a woman in Gómez Palacio returned home earlier than expected and found her 60-year old husband in bed with a young woman. She called the police and had them arrested.

I did not know adultery was a crime for which the parties could be jailed.

Rolly Pirate

(This post was edited by Rolly on Dec 26, 2011, 9:14 AM)

chinagringo

Dec 26, 2011, 9:12 AM

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If I were the husband, I would be glad she didn't choose the other option of shooting me in the act!
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Neil
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GringoCArlos

Dec 26, 2011, 9:58 AM

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This is covered under the Codigo Penal in Libro Segundo, Titulo decimoquinto, Capitulo IV: Adulterio.

Two biggest factors:

1. It happened in their marital home
2. It was "en flagrancia" which means they were caught in the act. Result: go immediately to jail, rather than dragging things out, having to prove everything to a judge before he will issue an Orden de Aprehension, etc.

The penalty apparently is two years in jail. Still better for him than being a eunuch or being dead. And she is rid of the cucaracha.

richmx2

Dec 26, 2011, 12:58 PM

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I'm sure you're right, gringoCarlos, but my understanding was that adultery was stricken from the penal code back in Marchof this year, much to the amusement of the media. It may still be on some state books, or the prosecutor may be looking for something to do that doesn´t involve much heavy lifting and fact checking.

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Axixic

Dec 26, 2011, 1:40 PM

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Adultery is still a crime in some U.S. states. Adultery laws were intended to only punish women who strayed because a man does want to know who is the sire of his calves.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-04-26-column26_ST_N.htm

"In New Hampshire, for instance, legislators are trying to repeal a 200-year-old adultery law that is widely viewed as unconstitutional. Social conservatives, however, insist that such laws are needed to back up moral dictates with criminal sanctions. A 1997 poll showed that 35% of Americans believe adultery should be a crime, and similar efforts to decriminalize adultery have met with opposition in states such as Illinois and Minnesota."

"In Minnesota, for example, state Sen. Ellen Anderson in December made the modest suggestion that the state repeal laws that make it illegal for a married woman to cheat on her husband and make it a crime for single women to have sex at all. The response of the Minnesota Family Council (MFC) was to call for the law not to be repealed but strengthened. Make it a crime for men, too, the group argued."

Gringal

Dec 30, 2011, 8:31 AM

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Just no end of camels poking their noses under someone else's tent, is there?

I do agree that he's better off being intact, and she's better off without him. I'm just wondering where that interesting word, "adultery" came from in the first place? Is it what happens when you become an "adult", or somethin'?

RickS

Dec 30, 2011, 9:22 AM

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" I'm just wondering where that interesting word, "adultery" came from in the first place?"

According to Wiki;

The term adultery has an Abrahamic origin, though the concept predates Judaism and is found in many other societies. The definition and consequences vary between religions, cultures, and legal jurisdictions, but the concept is similar in Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism and Islam.[5]

[5]. ^ "Encyclopædia Britannica Online, "Adultery"". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2010-07-12.

La Isla

Dec 30, 2011, 9:28 AM

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If Gringal is looking for the etymology of "adultery", here's what I found:

Adultery:
"voluntary violation of the marriage bed," c.1300, avoutrie, from O.Fr. avouterie (12c.), noun of condition from avoutre, from L. adulterare "to corrupt" (see adulteration). Modern spelling, with the re-inserted -d-, is from early 15c. (see ad-). Classified as single adultery (with an unmarried person) and double adultery (with a married person). O.E. word was æwbryce "breach of law(ful marriage)" (cf. Ger. Ehebruch). Adultery Dune in Arizona corresponds to Navajo sei adilehe "adultery sand" and was where illicit lovers met privately.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=adultery&searchmode=none

mazbook1

Dec 30, 2011, 9:42 AM

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I thought it came from the Bible: "When I was a child, I thought as a child. When I became an adult, I thought of adultery."

La Isla

Dec 30, 2011, 9:59 AM

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I thought it came from the Bible: "When I was a child, I thought as a child. When I became an adult, I thought of adultery."

Very clever. This is known as folk etymology, often more instructive than the real thing!