Michigan Republicans fight effort to repeal ban on unmarried cohabitation
Law signed in 1931 is rarely enforced but carries penalty of prison time and $1,000 fine
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Law signed in 1931 is rarely enforced but carries penalty of prison time and $1,000 fine
A bill to repeal Michigan’s unenforced ban on unmarried men and women living together made it out of the state Senate Wednesday.The statute currently makes “lewdly and lasciviously” associating and cohabitating together a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison and a thousand dollar fine.
LANSING, Mich. — The state Senate on Wednesday approved a bill with nine Republicans in opposition that would remove from Michigan law an unenforced provision that makes it a misdemeanor
A bill to repeal Michigan’s unenforced ban on unmarried men and women living together made it out of the state Senate Wednesday. Colin Jackson has more.
The repeal of an antiquated, unenforced Michigan statute on cohabitation received unexpected pushback in the Senate Wednesday, as several Republicans argued in support of the century-old statute that …