That some high-profile people, such as Donald Trump, Lt. Flinn and, apparently, Frank Gifford, engage in adultery does not repeal the law given for our individual and corporate benefit. Today, adultery is largely regarded as less offensive than a politician's broken promise. The breaking of a business contract is more universally condemned than the violation of a marriage contract. Yet, the consequences to a society which lowers its standards for such things is broken homes, broken children and, ultimately, broken society. Infidelity is primarily about lying.
Most states continue to treat adultery as a misdemeanor and everywhere it is grounds for divorce.
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