They revoked an old Utah law that punished sex outside of marriage

In Utah, United States, citizens may stop worrying about having bad outside of wedlock: state governor, Gary Herbert, signed his name and, with the prior approval of the local Congress, revoked a 1973 law that forbade it..

The so-called "law of fornication", published in the local code of Utah, named this type of acts in slight infraction of clbad B, because he described them as an "offense to the family". The sanctions that these actions caused fine ranging from $ 1,000 to six months in prison. However, this type of "crime" has not been pursued by the authorities.

The law, reported Fox 13 in United States, He pbaded without problem in the local Senate, contrary to House of Representatives, where the vote was fought and discussed until the endwhen it was approved by less than ten votes: 41 for and 32 against.

Local Republican Party Representative Paul Rayhe badured that the laws, which did not generally apply, were already archaic and should be removed from the books of law. But the most conservative members refused to vote for.

Legislator Keven Stratton, for example, also Republican, told the Fox network that "what is legal is often far below what is morally correct". "I recognize that our laws are not strong enough to govern the immoralhe condemned.

Utah is one of the most conservative states in the United States next to the south of the country. But unlike the Catholic and Protestant traditions of the most southern part of the North American country, Utah has a large population of Mormons.

Salt Lake Citythe state capital and one of the most progressive in the region, is little more than half of the population is considered to be Mormonbut there are areas in the south of the state where communities reach 80% of the Mormon population, according to official data from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Governor Herbert also signed a law that makes "sodomized" and "adultery" non-illegal between consenting adults. The sentences were very similar to those mentioned in the other repealed law, but they were also not applied in everyday life.

Interesting, In exchange for the legalization of bad outside marriage, this second law, one of the hundreds of laws signed by Herbert in recent weeks, posed no problem for pbading the local congress..