“Not sexually consummating a marriage does not make them less married “
Actually it does in at least 13 states...
I know to what you are referring. Still the fact remains, marriage and the sanctity of same has nothing to do with the sex act. It is so much more.
My husband and I know two couples who have been married almost as long as we have been married...47 years in Dec..neither have ever consummated their marriage. We also know a young couple who have been married for several. Because of injuries the husband suffered in Iraq, they will never consummate their marriage. These three couple’s marriages are ever bit as valid as mine. Sex does not a marriage make.
Actually it does in at least 13 states...
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Is a law, a law, if it's not enforceable? I mean, pick any one of those states that has that law. How does the state know if people are consummating their marriage (as required by their state law)?