May 1997: Pence, on radio, pissed off over general discharge for "adulterous" Air Force Lt.

[Miles Archer]

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May of 1997, Mike Pence had a radio show where he railed against the news that a woman, Air Force Lt. Kelly Flynn had received a general dischrage despite having been accused of 2 adulterous affairs. He suggested that adultery should be a crime in the US

[CatMor]

1. If it were a crime most American married adults would be in prison.

[Bob Loblaw]

2. If it were a crime most republican married legislators would be in prison

nt

[CatMor]

3. Very true

[NastyRiffraff]

4. They couldn't build enough prisons

There isn't enough land in the country.

[TomSlick]

5. Well, adultery is a listed offense in the military under Article 134, UCMJ.

It is rarely prosecuted. My memory is that there is a decision from the Air Force appellate court that adultery is not contrary to the "customs and traditions" of the Air Force and therefore not an offense under Article 134. Again, my memory is that officers in a missile silo got bored and randy.

It is difficult to imagine a prosecution for adultery today in any service unless it is connected to another crime, like fraternization.

[ProudLib72]

6. It was a WOMAN. See the difference?

Men, especially white conservative men, are allowed up to four hundred dalliances before they get in trouble.