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Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
CHAPTER 15.
OFFENSES AGAINST MORALITY AND DECENCY
ARTICLE 1.
MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
SECTION 16-15-60. Adultery or fornication.
Any man or woman who shall be guilty of the crime of adultery or fornication
shall be liable to indictment and, on conviction, shall be severally punished
by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars or imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than one year or
by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-406; 1952 Code Section 16-406; 1942 Code Section
1435; 1932 Code Section 1435; Cr. C. '22 Section 375; Cr. C. '12 Section 382;
Cr. C. '02 Section 290; G. S. 2588; R. S. 251; 1880 (17) 328.
SECTION 16-15-70. "Adultery" defined.
"Adultery" is the living together and carnal intercourse with each
other or habitual carnal intercourse with each other without living together of
a man and woman when either is lawfully married to some other person.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-407; 1952 Code Section 16-407; 1942 Code Section 1436;
1932 Code Section 1436; Cr. C. '22 Section 376; Cr. C. '12 Section 383; Cr. C.
'02 Section 291; G. S. 2589; R. S. 252; 1880 (17) 328.
SECTION 16-15-80. "Fornication" defined.
"Fornication" is the living together and carnal intercourse with each
other or habitual carnal intercourse with each other without living together of
a man and woman, both being unmarried.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-408; 1952 Code Section 16-408; 1942 Code Section
1437; 1932 Code Section 1437; Cr. C. '22 Section 277; Cr. C. '12 Section 384;
Cr. C. '02 Section 292; G. S. 2590; R. S. 253; 1880 (17) 328.
November 7, 2006: South Carolina voters approved a state constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage and civil unions by a margin of 78% to 22%.
Texts :
South Carolina Constitution Article XVII Miscellaneous Matters, Section 15
A marriage between one man and one woman is the only lawful domestic union that shall be valid or recognized in this State. This State and its political subdivisions shall not create a legal status, right, or claim respecting any other domestic union, however denominated. This State and its political subdivisions shall not recognize or give effect to a legal status, right, or claim created by another jurisdiction respecting any other domestic union, however denominated. Nothing in this section shall impair any right or benefit extended by the State or its political subdivisions other than a right or benefit arising from a domestic union that is not valid or recognized in this State. This section shall not prohibit or limit parties, other than the State or its political subdivisions, from entering into contracts or other legal instruments.
South Carolina Code of Laws - Title 20. Domestic Relations - Chapter 1. Marriage
Section 20-1-10. Persons who may contract matrimony.
(A) All persons, except mentally incompetent persons and persons whose marriage is prohibited by this section, may lawfully contract matrimony.
(B) No man shall marry his mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, stepmother, sister, grandfather's wife, son's wife, grandson's wife, wife's mother, wife's grandmother, wife's daughter, wife's granddaughter, brother's daughter, sister's daughter, father's sister, mother's sister, or another man.
(C) No woman shall marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson, stepfather, brother, grandmother's husband, daughter's husband, granddaughter's husband, husband's father, husband's grandfather, husband's son, husband's grandson, brother's son, sister's son, father's brother, mother's brother, or another woman.
SECTION 20-1-15. Prohibition of same sex marriage.
A marriage between persons of the same sex is void ab initio and against the public policy of this State.
No marriage license or recognition, no other relationship or its recognition from other jurisdictions for same-sex couples.