I was reading through my new feed last night and I discovered the most amazing loophole (*cough* gloryhole *cough*). In the UK, there are only five reasons that you can file for divorce. Adultery is one of them, but it’s how it’s defined that fucked the heteronormative system right in the bumhole.
Because the law creators in the U.K. decided to be uber specific back in the 70s, they have this to contend with:
The term adultery has been defined within Dennis v Dennis[2]as being ‘a voluntary act of sexual intercourse between the husband or wife and a third party of the opposite sex.’
Fuck the gay away, my Peepz. Tossing that man and a woman nonsense all up in your laws will give you plenty of trouble on the back end if you’re not careful. Why not just say sex? Probably because they were still thinking in the archaic sense of the word and felt the need to lay all their cards out on the table.
There’s now a parliamentary petition in the works to take out the words, “between a man and a woman,” so that divorce can be granted based on same sex affairs. Isabella Potesta, who began the petition, has stated:
Although there have been positive changes in recent years in terms of legalizing same-sex marriage and increasing rights for LGBTQ+ people, we’re still not at the end of achieving LGBTQ+ equality. The fact that the law specifically excludes same-sex conduct in matters of adultery is archaic and needs changing to represent the diversity of LGBTQ+ experiences and relationships.
I mean, sure? Why not!
Equal opportunity marriage for all…equal opportunity divorce based on cheating period.
Or everyone could be open and honest about their sexual desires with their partners and come clean with the fact that they’re thinking of getting it on with someone who happens to have a similar gender.
In the United States, we’re kind of lucky (you may never read that sentence from my fingertips again, just saying). All 50 states in the Union (and Washington D.C. as well) allow a No Contest Divorce. That basically means that if you wake up and want to break up, you can. No harm, no foul…all it costs is money and time.
Source: LGBTQ Nation
Image: Kortney Kane and Nina Mercedez in The History Of Lesbians by Brazzers
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