You don't have to *continue* having sex if you're married. But many definitions of marriage include the idea that a marriage must be consumated to be valid. If the people trying to marry one another do not have sex at least once, the marriage is invalid and can be anulled. Occasionally, an unhappy couple who want a divorce investigates the relevent laws and discovers they were never "really" married in the first place.
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Date: 2006-01-23 11:48 pm (UTC)