Posted on 06/20/2013 6:36:05 AM PDT by Olog-hai
If an unmarried couple have sex, they are considered husband and wife—and would have to “divorce” if they split, an Indian court has ruled.
When two people of legal age, 18 for a woman and 21 for a man, “indulge in sexual gratification”, this should be seen as a “an act of total commitment” and marriage by law, a judge at Madras High Court said. The court said that the registering of a marriage as well as a wedding ceremony were only formalities to gain society’s approval. It also said that once two people have sex, this “becomes a total commitment with adherence to all consequences that may follow”, including needing a decree of divorce should they want to sleep with someone else. …
The verdict came in a spousal maintenance case where a lower court had ruled that a woman was not entitled to maintenance from the father of her two children as there was no proof of their marriage. Justice C.S. Karnan ruled that legal documents proving the couple’s life as spouses were more important than proof of marriage. …
Nothing about so-called “gay marriage” in this ruling.Indian court rules that any couple who have sex are legally married… and would need to divorce if they want to sleep with someone else
Oh doggy. Who or what would Obama be married too?
'Course, SOMEone is going to have to SAY something.
Instead of crying "RAPE" .. now the girl can scream "MARRIAGE/ALIMONY/CHILD-SUPPORT
I also saw this as a deterrent to societally destructive sexual practices...
it puts a legal consequence on the man.
And, yeah, I think the ruling makes sense from both a moral viewpoint and a legal viewpoint.
The government is also getting its cut because if it can't make money on the marriage license, it certainly will on the court fees for the divorce.
Wow, this is a fantastic ruling.
Not in any way different from what the prevailing opinion in this country was for about 150 years.
It’s actually Old Testament law, I believe.
It helped protect women from sexual predators.
Can you imagine if they tried this here? The Left would be so apoplectic they’d be exploding all across the country.
Can you imagine how many baby mamas would be in court filing for child support/alimony from these feckless turd men who are just “hittin’ it and quittin’ it?”
OMG, just thinking about this here makes me all warm and tingly inside.
Instead of crying “RAPE” .. now the girl can scream “MARRIAGE/ALIMONY/CHILD-SUPPORT
You DO have a point, and with a good divorce lawyer the “rapist” would have a lifetime of Indentured Servitude paying Alimony/Child Support/ College-University. Makes a GREAT argument for keeping ‘it’ in your pants doesn’t it?
Wilt Chamberlain was married 20,000 times.
1. So, if you are married and have an affair, are you an adulterer or a bigamist?
2. Don’t they still have temple prostitutes in India? What’s this do to that practice?
Temple prostitution still goes on even though it was banned three decades ago. Got no clue if this court ruling will actually give teeth to the ban.
“Wilt Chamberlain was married 20,000 times.”
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So he says but personally I suspect that The Stilt flunked basic arithmetic.
So if a man cheats, he’s a bigamist.
It’s an exciting possibility.
Don’t kid yourself, though. So-called conservatives aren’t all pure themselves. And here on FR you’ll find them defending fornication and anything that can lead to it, too. Pretty obvious who’s guilty.
That was pretty much the Old Testament view. The wedding was just a formality.
This is a child support case. Apparently there is a difference with Indian law. Only married women can sue for support. Thus for purposes of child support, a marriage was established. In the USA, thanks to the ABA model family court law project, we essentially have uniform paternity law which is used to esblish child support obligations.
This article is more sensation than substance.
Right. At two women per day, it would take 27.4 years to rack up that total.
Not impossible, perhaps, but a damn demanding schedule.
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