Two in fact. For "lewd" and "lascivious." That's because I live in a state that not only has no common law marriage, but also has a law that says unmarried couples living together are engaged in "lewd and lascivious cohabitation." This pleases me no end, first because it makes it sound like my life is much more interesting than it actually is, and second because I do not want to be married, and was worried that our great state would backdoor me into an institution I've been avoiding like the plague. The Big Brass Blog has a post about such laws in a number of states, as well as the legal challenges winding their ways through the courts. The challenges are trying to end discrimination against unmarried heterosexual couples by the removal of such laws, and the implications may extended to same sex couples. Ah well, at least we were lewd and lascivious for awhile.
Posted by binky at July 19, 2005 03:21 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics