Dubai 'sex on beach' trial adjourned

A British man and woman are being tried in Dubai for having sex on the beach. The couple insist they were only 'hugging and kissing.' The trial has been adjourned for a week today. If convicted they could face six years in a United Arab Emirates prison."The trial of a British...

Sans females, Men go gay in some part of India

India has long history of preference of male child and it leads to skewed sex ratio and many parts of country have very low female population. Residents in many part of country find difficult to get bride and there are cases where brides have been imported from other culture...

Town refuses occupancy permit for another unmarried couple

"A man, his girlfriend and her three children recently bought a house in Black Jack in north St. Louis County. But because Toi Pruitt and Joe Pulliam and the children don’t meet the town’s definition of a family, they couldn’t get an occupancy permit.[...]The city...

Malaysian Leader Says "NO" To Religious Plan To Spy On Lustful Members

"Malaysia's leader said state religious officials should scrap a plan to spy on unmarried Muslims to catch any immoral activities, and instead should focus on strengthening Islamic values, news reports said Friday. The Star newspaper quoted Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad...

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Minghun, i.e. afterlife marriage

"The rural folk custom, startling to Western sensibilities, is known as minghun, or afterlife marriage. Scholars who have studied it say it is rooted in the Chinese form of ancestor worship, which holds that people continue to exist after death and that the living are...