I have pointed out many times that my state, Mississippi, is always at the bottom of every good situation and the top of every bad....once again Mississippi will remain the one state that stands against fornication.
Michigan was in the running as a pillar of unlawful coitus....that is until recently....
Unmarried couples in Michigan are a step closer to being able to legally live together as lewdly and lasciviously as they want to. The state Senate voted 29-9 Wednesday to repeal a law that makes it a misdemeanor for an unmarried man to live with an unmarried woman, the Detroit News reports. The bill would strike a provision against "lewdly and lasciviously associating and cohabitating together," though it would retain a provision banning any individual from "engaging in open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior," reports WWJ. The law hasn't been enforced for a long time, but under federal law, a person can't claim somebody as a dependent on their taxes if their relationship violates state law.
Unmarried couples are now free to cohabitate in Michigan. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation repealing a 1931 law that banned unmarried couples from living together, with penalties of up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine, per the Michigan Advance. Though it's been a long time since the law was enforced, some Republican lawmakers wanted it to remain in effect, fearing the societal effects of a decline in marriage. Still, the bill easily passed the state House and Senate. Democratic Sen. Stephanie Chang, who sponsored the bill, said the signing brings Michigan "into the current century"—one marked by a record-low US marriage rate. Mississippi is now the only state left with a similar law on the books.
Mississippi stands alone.....there will be no unlawful fornicating in my state.
We still think it is 1950....not long ago Mississippi got rid of the ban on interracial marriages.
There should be a sign on the borders of Mississippi advising people to set their clocks back 150 years.
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