Fornication & Adultery

Fornication & Adultery
2007.03.21 2:24

I encountered the strange word while I was reading a book, that is 'fornication'. Adultery is a familiar term, but what the hell fornication means? Several years ago our country had a 'fornication prohibition act', not a law but an act that only affects in some urban area. In this act, none can have sex with someone whose age is under 18 unless they were married. This act is somehow understandable in view of child protection, but how about in the case of unmarried couples whose age are over 18? This is very natural, and healthy.

Adultery means something if marriage regulates who has sex with someone, but in the first place does marriage regulate this? No, absolutely not. Marriage regulates economic relations of both genders (not 'parties'...yet). Sex is one of the most basic human activities for those who are over the period of adolescence. If ever fornication became guilty of some crime, that would be only the case that involves minors. When it comes to adultery, I stopped having physical relationship with my wife after we married.