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Fornication now legal in Virginia
Last edited Thu Mar 5, 2020, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)
From USNews.com
Sex Before Marriage Is Now Legal in Virginia
Fornication was considered a Class 4 misdemeanor with a fine of up to $250.
Virginia residents can now have consensual premarital sex without the possibility of being charged with a crime and a fine of up to $250.
Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation Wednesday repealing the state's law, which was declared unconstitutional by the Virginia Supreme Court in 2005, that classified fornication as a Class 4 misdemeanor.
"We should not have laws that make most of the population into criminals," state Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), who introduced the legislation to repeal the former law, told CNN. "Times are very different now than they were in the 17th and 18th centuries."
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Fornication was considered a Class 4 misdemeanor with a fine of up to $250.
Virginia residents can now have consensual premarital sex without the possibility of being charged with a crime and a fine of up to $250.
Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation Wednesday repealing the state's law, which was declared unconstitutional by the Virginia Supreme Court in 2005, that classified fornication as a Class 4 misdemeanor.
"We should not have laws that make most of the population into criminals," state Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), who introduced the legislation to repeal the former law, told CNN. "Times are very different now than they were in the 17th and 18th centuries."
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https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2020-03-05/virginia-repeals-law-banning-sex-before-marriage
At $250 each, I wonder how much I would owe.
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