IS ADULTERY EVER JUSTIFIED?

by BIG BAD JOHN R. Posted 2012/07/16 21:15:40

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	YES, it Is.	13 votes	16%
	No, never	63 votes	77%
	Undecided	6 votes	7%

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poet4justice 2012/08/15 05:27:20

YES, it Is.

in an open marriage

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Sophie 2012/07/18 06:15:19

Undecided

Really a tough question. Personal circumstances are very individual.

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Nam Era Vet #1 DNA TLC 2012/07/18 02:31:40

No, never

NO

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Luke 2012/07/17 13:13:18

No, never

Not justified but it will happen to the best of people if home does not provide.

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Nameless 2012/07/17 11:21:21

No, never

If you are that unhappy in your relationship, then you can go to counseling to try to work out your issues as a couple OR you at least have the courtesy to tell your partner that your relationship is over...

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realist 2012/07/17 11:10:16

No, never

Not for me anyway.

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Don Leuty 2012/07/17 09:13:46

No, never

How can your word be trusted if you don't have the discipline to keep it?

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mandyinabox 2012/07/17 08:25:53

No, never

only in the Truman Show

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beach bum 2012/07/17 07:45:15

No, never

no

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kfallslady 2012/07/17 03:42:30

No, never

+1
never if you don't like being married than get out, then do what ever you want.....marriages go thru ruff spells, it's not every easy.

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Charmaine 2012/07/17 03:28:56

No, never

What kind of question is this!!!

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Michelle 2012/07/17 03:18:25

No, never

Really, it depends on your definition of adultery. If you define adultery as any sexual relations outside of a marriage, then I'd have to say... yeah, I guess it could be. (Open couples, separated by not divorced couples, engaged people or dating people.) That's the definition I was taught in my Catholic school.

But if you consider adultery to be cheating on your partner, and if all three parties are aware and okay with it then it's no longer adultery... no, adultery is not okay ever.

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peaches 2012/07/17 02:59:57

No, never

Just break up with them if your unhappy with your relationship. Going behind their back and cheating is never a good solution.

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Matthew Marek 2012/07/17 02:27:05

No, never

Cheating is bad, period

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MissJo 2012/07/17 02:15:10 (edited)

No, never

+1
If you want to have sex with other people bring it up with your partner and respect their wishes, or do both of you a favor and leave.

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concerned dude 2012/07/17 02:00:52

No, never

no.
Top 10 sin, breaking a promise. No

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rand 2012/07/17 01:47:32

YES, it Is.

IF one of the members of a couple was in an irreversible coma.

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Lorax 2012/07/17 01:38:17

No, never

Wrong is wrong - no exceptions.

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Aquaduck 2012/07/17 01:12:57

No, never

+1
No. If you're not happy, leave.

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Gregory Kramida 2012/07/17 00:59:12

Undecided

I'm personally against it, but I've heard of some people having "open" relationships. I don't have empirical data about how successful those relationships are, but how could adultery be bad if it's consensual? Or is it no longer "adultery"?

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Aquaduck to Gregory... 2012/07/17 01:12:31

I don't think it's considered "Adultery" if all three of the people are okay with it.

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MissJo to Gregory... 2012/07/17 02:16:50

No, it's not adultery.

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Jen to Gregory... 2012/07/17 13:29:23

>>>how could adultery be bad if it's consensual?>>>

Because God doesn't like it. However much people may like it.

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☠ Live Free Or Die ☠ 2012/07/17 00:19:08 (edited)

YES, it Is.

+1
Many people want to have relationships, but at the same time realize that they don't have the will power to be monogamous. If two people have an open relationship/marriage, and they know about eachothers "side partners" and are okay with it, I don't even view that as cheating. To me, cheating implies that there is are lies and deceit involved. And honestly, I think it's way better for two people to be honest with one another about their needs and desires and mutually decide upon an open marriage than for them to lie and say they're all about monogamy then go and cheat.

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Maddog 2012/07/16 23:59:31

No, never

If the marriage is that bad, get a divorce! Cheating is despicable! If you're caught doing it, you will never regain your spouse's trust!

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Gunner 2012/07/16 23:50:31

No, never

I am unable to fathom how adultery could ever be "justified."

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Kaleokualoha 2012/07/16 23:12:11

YES, it Is.

+3
When a couple is formally separated (but not yet divorced) it may be permissible. It may also be permissible in those unusual "open" marriages.

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Rogue_L... to Kaleoku... 2012/07/16 23:15:02 (edited)
Kaleoku... to Rogue_L... 2012/07/16 23:35:39

+1
Good point! That's why I specified "formally separated."

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Rogue_L... to Kaleoku... 2012/07/16 23:37:44
rand to Kaleoku... 2012/07/17 01:51:12

+1
My first marriage was open. I didn't think of brief affairs as adulterous, though by definition they were. The marriage didn't work and neither did the marriage of the authors of the book "Open Marriage." I respectfully disagree about your view on freedom during separation...unless both members of the marriage agree.

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Kaleoku... to rand 2012/07/17 01:53:35

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If only one partner agrees then it's not an open marriage, but just adultery.

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rand to Kaleoku... 2012/07/17 02:13:26

I understand but then it wouldn't be an agreement. I fail to get your point in regard to what I've written.

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Kaleoku... to rand 2012/07/17 02:17:47

+1
My mistake. I confused the open marriage condition with separation. Sorry.

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sky blue pink - American 2012/07/16 22:59:06

No, never

Adultery causes to much pain.

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UberAwesomeness 2012/07/16 22:46:19

No, never

It's sad that people think it's okay......what is wrong with people?

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John Hall 2012/07/16 22:10:42

No, never

Even though it happens there's no justification or excuses for it .

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Freeranger 2012/07/16 22:09:31

No, never

Nope. There is none.

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Sodahead Founders are Fascists 2012/07/16 22:06:12

Undecided

+1
Adultery also includes "looking lustfully at a woman" and marrying a divorced woman.

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Jo 2012/07/16 22:00:02

Undecided

+2
I wouldnt use the word "justified", but I would say that they're are circumstances where its understandable.

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