Sexuality and Gender

#STRask: Is Pornography Grounds for Divorce?

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Published on 02/07/2022

Questions about whether looking at pornography is the same thing as committing adultery (and therefore grounds for divorce) and whether hate crime laws, which define crimes based on the mind of the criminal, are different from other laws that determine the severity of a crime based on intent.

Topics

  • Is looking at pornography the same thing as committing adultery and therefore grounds for divorce?
  • If you’re against hate crime legislation because it defines crime based on what’s in the mind of the criminal, how is that different from laws that determine the severity of a crime based on the criminal’s intent (like murder vs. manslaughter)?