# When was the last time you deliberately broke the law in protest?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-deliberately-broke-the-law-in-protest/692538>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 7, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-deliberately-broke-the-law-in-protest/692538 "2014-07-07T13:59:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-deliberately-broke-the-law-in-protest/692538/21 "2014-07-08T01:13:02Z")

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Until recently, I referred to my wife as “my wife” although we weren’t considered married by our state.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-deliberately-broke-the-law-in-protest/692538/22 "2014-07-08T01:54:11Z")

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> [@What\_the](#):
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> Jaywalked this morning.

Fuck the man, that’ll show him.

For me, the worst I have is I spit on a car with an offensive bumper sticker.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-deliberately-broke-the-law-in-protest/692538/23 "2014-07-08T02:41:16Z")

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> [@susan](#):
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> Until recently, I referred to my wife as “my wife” although we weren’t considered married by our state.

We have started referring to each other as husband/wife and even have a whole backstory. We plan on being together for the remainder, but don’t see a huge up side (other than the party) to marriage. We each have Advanced Directives on file naming each other as decision maker. And boy/girlfriend, significant other, etc are all awkward. AFAICT, there is nothing illegal about playing house and claiming to be wed.

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