Should adultery be decriminalized? In other words, even though adultery would continue to be a civil offense, the subject lawsuits, it would no longer be a criminal offense, subject to fines and imprisonment. Many would say yes. After all, this is the twentieth century and most of our nations now are modernized.
Old-fashioned, unnecessary customs are being replaced throughout society, ad these include traditional ideas of marriage and fidelity. It is not that monogamy itself is out of date - nearly all would insist on one lover a lifetime as the ideal. But not everyone lands in a perfect marriage. Unfortunately, people change over time, and a once-loving relationship may turn bitter and boring.
Sometimes, an affair revives a sense of self-worth in the "cheating" partner and leads to renewed ardor; sometimes it leads to the break-up of an unfulfilling, unhappy union - but ending it opens the door to the possibility of a new, successful one. It's time we treated errant spouses as adults, able to admit mistakes in life and take steps to correct them, rather than as criminals who must be segregated from the rest of the society.
Discussion points:
1. Should current law on adultery be abolished or maintained?
2. How severely should adulterers be punished? Fined? Imprisoned? Executed? Or merely open being sued?
Old-fashioned, unnecessary customs are being replaced throughout society, ad these include traditional ideas of marriage and fidelity. It is not that monogamy itself is out of date - nearly all would insist on one lover a lifetime as the ideal. But not everyone lands in a perfect marriage. Unfortunately, people change over time, and a once-loving relationship may turn bitter and boring.
Sometimes, an affair revives a sense of self-worth in the "cheating" partner and leads to renewed ardor; sometimes it leads to the break-up of an unfulfilling, unhappy union - but ending it opens the door to the possibility of a new, successful one. It's time we treated errant spouses as adults, able to admit mistakes in life and take steps to correct them, rather than as criminals who must be segregated from the rest of the society.
Discussion points:
1. Should current law on adultery be abolished or maintained?
2. How severely should adulterers be punished? Fined? Imprisoned? Executed? Or merely open being sued?