Air Force colonel wants adultery case tossed, claims law discriminates against heterosexuals

[KamaAina]

Not The Onion!!

http://www.stripes.com/news/air-force/air-force-colonel-wants-adultery-case-tossed-claims-law-discriminates-against-heterosexuals-1.416522

Lawyers for a Schriever Air Force Base colonel argued Monday that a half-dozen adultery charges against him should be thrown out because the military's law banning extramarital sex discriminates against heterosexuals.

Col. Eugene Marcus Caughey is headed for an August court-martial on charges of rape, assault, taking a dirty selfie and the adultery counts. He was in court Monday for a formal reading of the charges and to argue pretrial motions.

Maj. Keith Meister, one of three attorneys defending Caughey, told Air Force judge Col. Wes Moore that the military's definition of adultery as sex between a man and a woman hasn't keep place with its definition of marriage, which now includes same-sex couples. That's because the military's adultery law requires "sexual intercourse" as an element of guilt, which the Pentagon defines as an act between a man and a woman....

The military is one of the last entities in America that pursues adultery cases. Colorado repealed its adultery laws in 2013. The Pentagon has said that stopping troops from stepping out on their marriages is vital to maintaining discipline in the ranks.

[NYC Liberal]

1. If that's true, then he has a point.

But adultery is not the most serious charge.

So, fine, drop the adultery charge (and update the law)...he's still got a RAPE and ASSAULT charge!

[Socal31]

2. They had me convinced until I read the rest of the charges.

If found guilty....f-off. Abusing women mentally, emotionally, and particularly sexually, makes you less than human in my book.