1. The blackmarket in alcohol was so much more damaging to our society than legal alcohol was that we had a Constitutional Convention to repeal the 18th Amendment which had established Prohibition in 1920. The amendment repealing Prohibition was the 21st Amendment, 1933.
2. We're still getting there. There are some countries that are arguably better places to live, but our best states are competitive in that regard. When adultery became exempt from criminal punishment varies by state, I think Colorado may have been the last state to de-criminalize adultery (last year), but according to Wikipedia, there are still 21 states (including South Carolina, where I live) where adultery is illegal, though prosecutions are rare. Rare enough that it would probably make the national news if it happened. In theory, you could get a life sentence for adultery in Michigan, though I don't think that sentence has been imposed in my lifetime.
2. We're still getting there. There are some countries that are arguably better places to live, but our best states are competitive in that regard. When adultery became exempt from criminal punishment varies by state, I think Colorado may have been the last state to de-criminalize adultery (last year), but according to Wikipedia, there are still 21 states (including South Carolina, where I live) where adultery is illegal, though prosecutions are rare. Rare enough that it would probably make the national news if it happened. In theory, you could get a life sentence for adultery in Michigan, though I don't think that sentence has been imposed in my lifetime.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
