[GretchenM]

Assuming this decision sticks,
how do all the aggrieved from former generations
get recompensed?

/sarcasm

I find it very difficult to believe that the state's constitution granted this "right."

[madprof98]

The libertarians (particularly those shacking up with their girlfriends) will no doubt cheer this one on, but consider the purpose behind such a law: the interest of society in promoting stable relationships in which children can best be raised. Anyone who wonders what happens in a society where cohabitation takes the place of marriage need look no further than the nearest ghetto.

[jiggyboy]

Man that place still has way too many of the stereotypes of The South Of The 1930's for comfort. From what I can gather from the Duke alleged-rape threads, February 2007 is their idea of a "speedy trial" for somebody indicted in May 2006.

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[Antoninus]

More idiocy from the bench. Constitutional for 201 years. Now suddenly, not.

All hail our exalted black-robed leaders!

[KoRn]

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[Wolfie]

But...Its for the chiiiiiildren!

[Sam Cree]

This thread looks like trouble!

[Republicus2001]

there is still a law in Las Vegas that prohibits cohabitation with a prostitute. Charles Bush strangled himself in 1992 when he found out and was busted by the Bad Boys...

[balch3]

activist judges are destroying the moral fibre of this country.

[SmoothTalker]

Good. I like a small government and not a nanny state. I'm glad my state has moved out of the 18th century.

[Aquinasfan]

A state judge has ruled that North Carolina's 201-year-old law barring unmarried couples from living together is unconstitutional.

Apparently we have an unalienable right to fornication. Who knew?

[Jim Noble]

the government has no business regulating relationships between two consenting adults in the privacy of their own home

Does this only pertain to relationships which involve doing something "down there", or is it a more general proposition?

If two adults consent to counterfeit money in the privacy of their own home, is that OK?

[Amelia]

I'm surprised anyone still tried to enforce it.

[traviskicks]

Good decision, another blow against the nanny staters and big government loving social conservatives. :)

[snowstorm12]

This is so stupid it's ridiculous. How is cohabitation worse than sex before marriage in general?

Every man and on the forum, especially the so-called "religious men of god" who love these laws had sex with many women and girls before marriage and loved every minute of it. Prostitutes probably too many of which have a high chance of being sex trafficked women (rape).

The women who love to talk about the downfall of society because of cohabitation have done the rounds with many men as well. I highly doubt were pristine virgins before marriage.
They're not fooling anybody.

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"The Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas stands for the proposition that the government has no business regulating relationships between two consenting adults in the privacy of their own home," Jennifer Rudinger, executive director of the ACLU of North Carolina, said in a statement.

Nice homosexual agenda platitude of propaganda --actually, Lawrence simply declared that the government could not regulate private sexual activity between two consenting adults because such regulation would require invading the court created privacy penumbra...

[goldstategop]

I agree the law was stupid. But I don't agree the judge had any business changing it because he didn't agree with it. Whatever one thinks of cohabitation, social arrangements ought to be an area in which a legislature can set up rules as it sees fit. If voters think they are too harsh, they can elect new legislators and it shouldn't be up to judges to make the decision about the merits of a given law.

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