Amortentia and re The morality of love potions/Merope and Tom Sr.

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 152511

> Pippin:
 
> The marriage was made as soon as the partners gave free consent
> in a recognized way...and the law in 1926 did not recognize 
persuasion by
> means other than force as coercion. Annulments were very rare and
> not given on grounds of emotional bondage, period. There was a
> time earlier when annulments were only given for consanguinity or
> prior contract, so even if someone were holding a weapon to your head
> when you said, "I do" you were still legally married. Think of it! 
Things
> had progressed some by 1926, but not as far as you seem to think,
> from my admittedly internet-based and non-expert research.

a_svirn:
On the other hand, it was possible in those times to get rid of 
unwanted wife if you proved that she was a witch. Things progressed 
somewhat by 1926, but one wonders if, perhaps, they were better off in 
1526 in this respect.