Casar virgem - a pre-wedding agreement
A propósito destra troca de argumentos entre Maria João e Daniel Oliveira, e não querendo meter o bedelho em conversa alheia, a atenção para o artigo de John Lichfield no The Independent:
Rise of Rachida Dati: The minister, the 'virgin bride' and the row that's dividing a nation
“Under Article 180 of the French civil code, a marriage partner can demand an annulment if his or her spouse fails to fulfil an "essential" part of their pre-wedding agreement.
The court's decision was made public late last week. It was made clear that the crucial point was not the bride's lack of virginity but her lack of truthfulness. She had misled her partner. "Married life began with a lie, which is contrary to the reciprocal confidence between the married parties," the court ruled.”
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“The ruling can be read that way. Fundamentalist Islam does not demand virgin bridegrooms, only virgin brides. The judgement is also, however, a fairly logical application of France's existing marriage law. Several devout Catholic spouses have won similar annulments on the grounds that their partner had lied to them and concealed a previous divorce. Devout Catholics have a right, under French law, to demand undivorced spouses. That does not mean that French courts disapprove of divorce.”