The Economist: "AFTER 223 years New Hampshire is about to make adultery legal. A law in 1791 called for convicted adulterers to be paraded on the gallows for an hour and then “publicly whipped not exceeding 39 stripes” before being sent to prison and fined £100 (probably more than a year’s wages in those days).
"The penalty has grown milder since then. Adulterers now face a $1,200 fine, which is not enforced. New Hampshire’s state House of Representatives voted to repeal the law in February; the state Senate is expected to follow soon. Not everyone is happy. A letter to theConcord Monitor huffed that adultery was “repugnant” and should remain a crime."
223 years! A cycle associated with the "The Shem Error" correction explained/explored in "Genesis of Genesis". It's interesting how cycles repeat -- especially in this age when the Book of Revelation (explored in "Death Over Life") says we are in for a major transition which will kill a third of life on earth -- and when the Hindu say we are entering a New Age of peace and love.
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