"While I've been fortunate to share a loving married life with my husband for 40 years - making it somewhat ironic for me to sign a bill decriminalizing adultery - I know that people often have complex relationships."
"These matters should clearly be handled by these individuals and not our criminal justice system. Let's take this silly, outdated statute off the books, once and for all."
"The repeal of the 117-year-old law was primarily used to curb the state’s divorce rate - especially at the hands of the wife - at a time when claiming adultery was the only path to legally split up."
"Only five people have been convicted of the offense since the 1970s, including in 2010 when a married Batavia woman was caught having sex with her paramour on a playground."
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