11-07-2006, 05:24 PM
CaptainHenreh Wrote:Andy, I would like to point out two things.
#1: The state law regarding marraige is worded nearly exactly like the amendment, and yet abusive boyfriends still get thrown in jail.
AND
#2: Domestic violence is *not* one of the things you mentioned in your post.
Neither of us are lawyers and VA took Ohio's admendment so am I going out on a branch to say the same interpretation can't be arrived at?
Domestic violence with regard to common law marriages is what is being affected. You can't beat your wife but if she's your live in GF, then it's fair
game is what the Ohio court said. Well not that extreme, but you get the hyperbole.
Two feet.