ChrisL
Diamond Member
Spitting on the sidewalk is a crime too in many places IIRC and like adultery is not prosecuted. Stoning would be considered cruel and unusual and would not happen.Kinda curious how Christians so readily condemn non-Christians for their handling of adultery when...
"The United States is one of few industrialized countries to have laws criminalizing adultery.[133] In the United States, laws vary from state to state.
Adultery remains a criminal offense in 21 states, although prosecutions are rare.[141][142] Massachusetts, Idaho, Oklahoma, Michigan, and Wisconsin consider adultery a felony, while in the other states it is a misdemeanor. It is a Class B misdemeanor in New York[143] and Utah, and a Class I felony in Wisconsin.[144] Penalties vary from a $10 fine (Maryland)[145] to four years in prison (Michigan).[146] In South Carolina, the fine for adultery is up to $500 and/or imprisonment for no more than one year [South Carolina code 16-15-60], and South Carolina divorce laws deny alimony to the adulterous spouse.[147][148][149]"
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"Christianity[edit]
The Hebrew Bible prohibits adultery in the Seventh Commandment, "Thou shalt not commit adultery." (Exodus 20:12). Leviticus 20:10 prescribes capital punishment for adultery between a man and married woman:
And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death."
So are Christians or Americans really in any position to object what Muslims do in Muslim countries?
Also, the US is secular, not a theocratic government.
Secular or theocratic is redundant due to a lot of overlap of religious and secular laws. Murder, theft, adultery are all religious laws originally.
Plus, come to think of it, AMerica despite being a 'secular nation' has had religious 'blue laws' on its books all along. Remember some stores would rope off their liquor aisles on Sunday for example.
Do we kill and stone women for adultery here in America? Yes or no.