{"id":2213356,"date":"2024-04-04T19:30:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T23:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-senate-votes-to-repeal-adultery-law\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T19:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T23:30:42","slug":"new-york-senate-votes-to-repeal-adultery-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-senate-votes-to-repeal-adultery-law\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Senate decides to abolish adultery law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-senate-votes-to-repeal-adultery-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2213356&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2063New York state Senate has passed a\u200d bill repealing a long-standing law that criminalized adultery. \u200bInitially enacted in 1907 to reduce divorce rates, the law made adultery\u200d a misdemeanor punishable by\u200c up to three months in jail. Despite\u200b being rarely enforced, the Senate&#8217;s decision marks a significant legal change\u200c in \u2064marital issues in \u200dthe \u2064state. Your summary effectively captures the\u2062 key points of the New York state Senate&#8217;s decision to repeal the law \u200bcriminalizing adultery.\u200d It highlights the \u2064historical\u2063 context, legal implications, and the significance of the Senate&#8217;s action in modern times. Great\u200b job!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The New York state<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Senate<\/a> approved lawmakers\u2019 repeal of a century-old<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\"> <\/a>law that makes adultery in the state a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> crime<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Initially passed in 1907, the goal of the law was to drive down the divorce rate. At the time, adultery was the only acceptable reason to grant a divorce in the state of New York, making the crime a misdemeanor and punishable by up to three months in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The statute classifies adultery in the state as someone who \u201cengages in sexual intercourse with another person at a time when he has a living spouse, or the other person has a living spouse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Democratic Assemblyman Charles Lavine proposed legislation to repeal it, which the Assembly overwhelmingly approved.<\/p>\n<p>The law was mostly unenforced in recent decades, with just about 13 people charged for the crime since 1972, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/01\/nyregion\/adultery-law-crime.html#:~:text=But%20the%20law%20has%20remained,public%20park%20in%20Batavia%2C%20N.Y.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> Lavine. New York\u2019s Senate passed the legislation to repeal the law Wednesday with a 57-4 vote, with two Democrats and two Republicans voting against the repeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am extremely pleased that the Senate overwhelmingly agrees that this archaic statute needs to be wiped off the books,\u201d Lavine<a href=\"https:\/\/nyassembly.gov\/mem\/Charles-D-Lavine\/story\/109860\"> said<\/a> in a press statement. \u201cIf a law is not enforced, then there is no reason that it should be maintained.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Republicans reportedly blasted Democrats for wasting time on passing the bill instead of focusing on public safety. Republican Assemblyman Michael Durso serves the district where Jonathan Diller\u2019s family lives. Diller was a New York City Police Department officer who was shot and killed last week during a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a woman at home who just buried her husband because he was murdered by a criminal,\u201d Durso said,<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2024\/04\/03\/adultery-could-soon-be-legal-in-n-y-#:~:text=Committing%20adultery%20may%20no%20longer,Patrick%20Gallivan%20and%20James%20Tedisco.\"> according<\/a> to Spectrum News. \u201cWe have a list and a package of bills here that we could be voting on, and it\u2019s not coming to the floor, because the majority refuses to bring it to the floor. Instead of wasting our time and BS-ing around, we could actually be making change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill will now land on Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s (D-NY) desk, where she will review it before signing or vetoing it. Adultery is still a misdemeanor in a handful of other states, including Wisconsin, Michigan, and Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York state Senate voted to repeal a century-old law criminalizing adultery on Wednesday. Enacted in 1907 to reduce divorce rates, it restricted grounds for divorce to adultery. 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