And there was great rejoicing!
"Keeping archaic laws on the books does not promote high moral standards; instead it teaches the lesson that laws are made to be broken," Hull wrote in a one-page letter explaining her decision. [...] Adultery remains a crime under the bill.
Make no mistake, I'm glad that the gov and the legislature had the courage to get the bill through to the end, in the face of heavy opposition. It was (mostly) the right thing to do.
You do just wonder about that adultery thing, though. What's up with that?
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