Originally posted by Gun Grape
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What I believe is the marriage is over with no intimacy, if there's no intimacy and one of the partners is dissatisfied, there's nobody to cheat on.
There may be legal formalities to go through in the courts, and if the couple is religious, perhaps an annulment from whatever church they belong to.
In my view, this is the mere formalization of a divorce/annulment unilaterally issued by the non-intimate partner (whether it's physical or emotional intimacy).
As far as I'm concerned, nobody else's opinion matters, and it's nobody else's business, as they're private individuals who get to do what they want. They're already ex-wife, ex-husband, strangers living together as roommates. Public officials have the right to private lives as well, and the right to privacy.
I'm almost of the thought that the act of third parties exposing an individual's private sexual relationships to public exposure, that it ought to be a crime. That only the individuals involved in the relationship ought to be legally able to speak about it to others.
Taking another look at the vows:
- I, ____, take you, ____, to be my lawfully wedded (husband/wife)
- to have and to hold, from this day forward
- for better, for worse
- for richer, for poorer
- in sickness and in health
- until death do us part.
I'm not sure if there's any reason why they are in such order, if there's an order of precedence or not, but as far as I'm concerned, one partner breaking vow #2 automatically frees the other partner from their obligations to uphold vows #3 through #6.
You're free to believe what you want. I've never sought to convert anybody to my views.
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