Snobby Snape?

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> wrote:
>
> I think there was a bit more to it than that. The Ministry doesn't
> seem to recognize emotional abuse as such, which means a witch
> being emotionally abused can't use magic to defend herself or she
> risks Azkaban for violating the statutes of secrecy for an
> 'unprovoked' attack on a Muggle. 

To me that doesn't make sense. A Muggle has to be allowed to find out
that his/her spouse is a wizard/witch, I mean how can it be required
to be kept secret after they're married? So the wizarding spouse doing
something to the Muggle spouse in private isn't revealing magic to
someone who isn't allowed to know about it.