North Carolina law prohibits cohabitation: [npr.org]
Isn't that amazing in these modern times?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I'm sorry for not noticing the date. This law is still being applied by some officials: [ffrf.org]
Stephanie99
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Oct 10, 2019
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This is old, old news. The case has long since been decided and the law struck down by the NC Supreme Court. Why bring up something long since settled, except to have something to feel angry about?
WilliamFleming
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Oct 9, 2019
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I’m with you! There is enough stupid law on the books and being enforced we shouldn’t worry about what was going on and decided over a decade ago!
@WilliamFleming It is still being applied by some officials: [ffrf.org]
@Stephanie99 Interesting. I don’t see how they can enforce that policy after it was declared unconstitutional.
Another example of the American Taliban wannabes at work.
Joanne
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Oct 9, 2019
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More an example of muck raking. This case was settled 13 years ago and the law thrown out by the NC Supreme Court.
That is amazing as I didn’t even realize laws like that existed in the US. I hope she wins her case and is well compensated.
Trajan61
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Oct 9, 2019
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She won, 13 years ago. Look at the date.
Looks like common sense has flown off for the winter!
I am sure the law is only on the statute book because no one has got around to repealing it yet.
A bit like the witchcraft laws in Britain. I don’t think that was repealed until around the 50s or 60s but obviously not tried for several years.
Geoffrey51
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Oct 9, 2019
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The case was decided several years back and the law was struck down.
@WilliamFleming Uhhhhh! How annoying. I thought it may have just gone off the radar.
Is it the same deal in other southern state about co-habiting? I spent a bit of time in NC about 15 years ago. They seemed generally ok but a bit ‘god-fearing’ for me.
@Geoffrey51 I think Michigan and Florida still have such laws, not enforced.
Unbelievable, Oh, North Carolina, nevermind.
oldFloyd
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Oct 9, 2019
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Did you look at the date? This case was settled 13 years ago and the law thrown out. According to this article NC is booming, with a large influx of people wanting to move there. Lots of them are moving in from Ohio.
@WilliamFleming no, I did not so that's my bad and actually Asheville, North Carolina was the only place on my trip to Florida that allowed me to plug my Volt into their outside outlet and gave me five kilowatt hours of electricity (topped off the battery) of course I had to rent a room, breakfast was great there also.
1805 President Jefferson co-habited with Sally Hemmings they had 6 children the first he impregnated Sally age 15 in France....however the Virginia law the made marriage to Sally illegal was not declared null&void until 1960....damned if he did damned if he didn't.....Sally was Jefferson's dead wife half sister....Sally was 1/4th and Jefferson in his "Notes On Virginia" a sort of Science Journal : declared his 1/8th black children "white" ....white racist religion disgusts me by law or practice
GreenAtheist
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Oct 9, 2019
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