[lbo-talk] shacking up still illegal in ND

[groschke at luminousvoid.net]

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Doug Henwood wrote:
> N.D. Law Forbids Unmarried Cohabitation
> By MEGAN BOLDT
>
> BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The state Senate has voted to keep a
> 113-year-old law that makes it a crime for unmarried couples to live
> together.
>
> A proposal to repeal the anti-cohabitation law, which says a man and
> woman may not live together ``openly and notoriously'' as if they
> were married, was defeated 26-21 on Tuesday.
>
> The offense is listed among other sex crimes, including rape and
> incest.

	one of the complaints i've heard against 'megan's law' type
sex-offender lists is that oftimes crimes like this or selling dildos are
enough to make one a 'registered sex offender'.

-gr