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James Joyner | Friday, November 7, 2003 |
A regular reader e-mailed this story from The Champlain Channel
If a married woman has sex with another woman, is that adultery? The New Hampshire Supreme Court says no.The court was asked to review a divorce case in which a husband accused his wife of adultery after she had a sexual relationship with another woman. Any finding that one spouse is at fault in the break-up of a marriage can change how the court divides the couple’s property.
Robin Mayer, of Brownsville, Vt., was named in the divorce proceedings of a Hanover couple. She appealed the case to the Supreme Court, arguing that gay sex doesn’t qualify as adultery under the state’s divorce law.
In a 3-2 ruling Friday, the court agreed.
The majority determined that the definition of adultery requires sexual intercourse. The judges who disagreed said adultery should be defined more broadly to include other extramarital sexual activity.
I’ve exhausted my quote of Bill Clinton quips for the week, so I’ll merely note my surprise that, while there is no sex in the Champaign Room, there apparently is on the Champlain Channel.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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