The point I'm making is this: adultery is something we have and continue to compromise on, Maxine said it's something we SHOULD NOT compromise on, which is hokum, since such an issue is dealt with at the state level, for the most part, and most states have varying degrees of tolerance for such an act.)
My real gripe was that murder, adultery and fraud were the three things Maxine said we shouldn't compromise, murder being the only one I agree with.
Adultery used to be punished through severe means, stoning, dismemberment, exile... We compromised, evolved...
Progressed
Well, the vows are; "till death, do us part". So beheading for adultery doesn't seem like that much of a stretch to me.
Although I don't think Maxine was trying to compare murder with adultery in how they should each be penalized, just that both crimes are examples of something that is always wrong to do. Adultery, regardless of what penalty a state law might apply to it is, is a violation of the trust and promises made to a loved one. To argue that adultery isn't wrong, well, it goes to speak of one's own moral character.