No it wasn't part of the marriage act, but nonetheless it changed what marriage is.
No it didn't do you think that men or women married expecting to be raped or to rape?
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With the introduction of the new laws, marriage went from a relationship where you could commit rape against your partner with no consequences, to one where that was a crime.
Oh puhlease... pull the other one what person in their right mind would enter into a commitment to rape or be raped? You are just being ridiculous.
SURELY you see that this is a change.
A criminal act is a criminal act... rape is a criminal act, not part of the marriage act.
Everyone seems to think it was a good change too, except for Honky.
Now you add personal ridicule to your spurious claims.