[solomangrundy]

The enforcement of such "adultery" laws remains absent, though. I've read of a few divorce cases which attempted to invoke adultery laws but they've failed to pass judicial muster (they were thrown out). The military code is a different beast entirely. Attempts to make analogies between military and civilian codes are simply not possible.

[aristeides]

The fact that something is technically against the law can have other legal effects, even if the law against it is never enforced in practice. That was why homosexuals were so anxious to get sodomy laws (themselves almost never enforced) struck down.