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  2. Adultery - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 September 2024. Type of extramarital sex This article is about the act of adultery or extramarital sex. For other uses, see Adultery (disambiguation). For a broad overview, see Religion and sexuality. Sex and the law Social issues Consent Reproductive rights Homophobia (Criminalization · Capital ...

  3. Adultery laws - Wikipedia

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    Adultery laws are the laws in various countries that deal with extramarital sex.Historically, many cultures considered adultery a very serious crime, some subject to severe punishment, especially in the case of extramarital sex involving a married woman and a man other than her husband, with penalties including capital punishment, mutilation, or torture. [1]

  4. Marital rape - Wikipedia

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    The Christian religion teaches that pre-marital sex is fornication, and sexual relations by a married person with someone other than their spouse is adultery, both of which are sins, while sex within marriage is a duty. This concept of 'conjugal sexual rights' has the purpose to prevent sin (in the form of adultery and temptation) as well as to ...

  5. Legality of incest - Wikipedia

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    A person and the child of one of his full, consanguineous or uterine brothers or sisters or with a descendant thereof. The mother or the father and the husband or the wife, the widower or the widow of his child or of another of his descendants. Stepmother or stepfather and the descendant of the other spouse.

  6. History of religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    e. Religion in the United States began with the religions and spiritual practices of Native Americans. Later, religion also played a role in the founding of some colonies, as many colonists, such as the Puritans, came to escape religious persecution. Historians debate how much influence religion, specifically Christianity and more specifically ...

  7. Abortion in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Florida's first abortion law was implemented in 1868, lasting until 1972; it stated: [7] [8] Abortion: Every person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child any medicine, drug or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument or other means, with intent thereby to destroy such child, unless the same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of such mother ...

  8. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. [1] They left behind artifacts and archeological evidence. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records.

  9. History of abortion - Wikipedia

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    Bas relief at Angkor Wat, c. 1150, depicting a demon performing an abortion upon a woman who has been sent to the underworld. The Vedic and smrti laws of India reflected a concern with preserving the male seed of the three upper castes; and the religious courts imposed various penances for the woman or excommunication for a priest who provided an abortion. [3]