Tuesday, May 10, 2005
North Carolina Still Has An Anti-Cohabitation Law???
What the hell did I get myself into down here?
More importantly, can I be prosecuted for "cohabitating" in 2001 and 2002?
I know it sounds crazy, but this lady lost her job thanks to this antiquated statute:
Deborah Hobbs, 40, says her boss, Sheriff Carson Smith of Pender County, near Wilmington, told her to get married, move out or find another job after he found out she and her boyfriend had been living together for three years. The couple did not want to get married, so Hobbs quit.True to form, an organization that claims to represent "family values" is looking to uphold the cohabitation ban:
Her lawsuit, filed in March in state court, seeks to have the
cohabitation law declared unconstitutional.
“We think that it’s good to have a law against cohabitation because the studies show that couples that cohabitate before they’re married, that their marriages are more prone to break up, there’s less stability in the marriage,” said Bill Brooks, executive director of the conservative North Carolina Family Policy Council.
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