contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months agoTIL that until 1973, it was legal in Texas for a husband to kill someone caught having sex with his wife, "provided that the killing takes place before the parties to the act have separated".www.sll.texas.govexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1150arrow-down1external-linkTIL that until 1973, it was legal in Texas for a husband to kill someone caught having sex with his wife, "provided that the killing takes place before the parties to the act have separated".www.sll.texas.govcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up56·6 months agoBoy, rules for thee but not for me. The wife can’t kill a woman she finds sleeping with her husband?
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-26 months agoGiven all I know of modern Texas history, politics, and conservatism this isn’t surprising in the slightest. I’d say there’s a 50/50 chance the GOP try to bring it back.
minus-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoYeah they are oddly progressive when it comes to the rights of sex workers. And no, men are not allowed to be sex workers.
Boy, rules for thee but not for me. The wife can’t kill a woman she finds sleeping with her husband?
Given all I know of modern Texas history, politics, and conservatism this isn’t surprising in the slightest.
I’d say there’s a 50/50 chance the GOP try to bring it back.
So just the husband then
Yeah they are oddly progressive when it comes to the rights of sex workers. And no, men are not allowed to be sex workers.