ACLU Fighting North Carolina's Cohabitation Ban

[matcom]

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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Some people see nothing wrong with it, while others say it's immoral. But the question in North Carolina is: Should shacking up be illegal?

The ACLU is suing to overturn a North Carolina ban on cohabitation.

In all, seven states have such laws.

The case centers on a woman who says she was forced to quit her job as a sheriff's dispatcher for refusing to marry her live-in boyfriend.

The ACLU points to a 2003 Supreme Court decision that struck down an anti-sodomy law. The organization says that ruling protects consensual sex between adults.

Supporters of the ban say the state has a legitimate interest. One of them said there are studies showing that couples who live together before they get married have higher rates of marital problems and divorce. :eyes:

http://www.wftv.com/family/4467612/detail.html

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Haha, you're bolded comment...

On the Fark thread about this there was a dude going on about that exact thing.

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1477979