Posted on 02/11/2020 9:42:28 AM PST by Olog-hai
Only married couples can have sex, according to a legal loophole still on the books in Virginia.
Democratic state legislators in the Virginia House of Delegates repealed the “crime of fornication” last week—in the state that has long used the slogan, “Virginia is for lovers” to attract tourists, Fox 40 reports.
Currently, fornication is a Class 4 misdemeanor and carries a fine up to $250.
“It’s a stupid law. It’s crazy,” Democratic delegate Mark Levine, who introduced H.B. 245, said. “No one should think they can be prosecuted for this common practice.” […]
“Now that the Democrats are in power, I’m thrilled to get it off the books,” Levine said. …
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Even if largely Unenforced such statutes protected us from worse depredations like same sex “marriage”.
Oh, is that your vice? ;-)
“Currently, fornication is a Class 4 misdemeanor and carries a fine up to $250.”
Well, there you have it. Trump must be guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors now. IMPEACH!
“If someone is involved in private consenting activities, who is going to report same to law enforcement for legal action to be taken?”
The nosy neighbors, of course.
Did they replace it with a law taxing it?
Have we grown so lazy on FR that we can’t even read articles that are embedded? Lol.
Va is a weird mix...probably a lot like California before their great fall into progressive madness.
I lived in Va for several years..really liked it.
Although, i had a hard time finding a place to set up a trailer in a park.
Mostly because i was only engaged to my lady friend and not married.
The difference being it wasn’t a government mandate but a personal choice of the owners not to rent to someone who wasn’t married.
As difficult time as i had finding a park.. and we did find a place..still,in away i respected their decision.
You have to show a marriage certificate?
I was referring to their marketing slogan.
Virginia is For Lovers. Insert joke here.
“...a fine up to $250”
Probably a lot cheaper than most D.C. “escorts”.
No, and maybe that was what they expected ...I can’t remember..after being turned down about a half dozen times? ... we may have said we were married?
RE: Have we grown so lazy on FR that we can’t even read articles that are embedded? Lol.
Well if it was illegal, the law was never implemented. What does that make the law? USELESS OF COURSE. Besides, how are you going to implement it? Are you going to put surveillance on every corner of the state and then arrest everyone who does it?
I get it. And we try to be honest.
If you wouldn’t risk a $250.00 fine for her, you shouldn’t be seeing her...
...!
Just because something is never implemented or is not enforced consistently doesn’t mean it’s still not technically illegal-which is what the poster asked and the article clearly stated. Seems you answer the articles main premise-why have a law you refuse to enforce-which is a good thing. It is a dumb law. They’d have to arrest most of the single guys at Navy-Norfolk if they enforced it.
“No one should think they can be prosecuted for this common practice.”
What’s your next campaign slogan going to be, Vote for Levine, he made it safe to #$*& again.”
Is it ok to say EF YOU to governor Northam? Or has that law amending free speech rights come into affect?
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