Certain sexual assaults against a spouse will now be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a law signed Friday by Republican Gov. Jim Justice.
The law removes marriage as a defense to first- and third-degree sexual assault.
I’m sorry… why was marriage ever a defense to beat your spouse?
I’m guessing Jesus or something.
This is not about beating your wife. It’s more about rape or forced sex. There are actually lots of places that marriage is still a defense to say you are allowed to force your spouse to have sex since you’re married.
Good for WV for removing that. I think a lot of women will still not know they have options.
And just like that, West Virginia rockets into the twentieth century
Good, but… only “certain” sexual assaults? Fucking what?
About time.
I’d say “fucking finally!”
I’d say, “now when do you start restitution?”
It’s rare that I see a state like West Virginia get one right, but I’ll give them all the credit they deserve when they do.
I had to read this three times to make sure I understood that west Virginia was not doing the regressive thing.
