Lawyers for Col. Eugene Caughey challenged the adultery provision Monday in a hearing at Peterson Air Force Base. A military law expert says a rape and adultery case against an Air Force officer in Colorado may be the first time attorneys have argued that the armed forces’ ban on extramarital sex discriminates against heterosexuals. Caughey is charged with rape, adultery and other crimes. Military prosecutors argued the adultery ban applies to same-sex couples as well. The Gazette reports Caughey’s attorneys say the military defines adultery as sex between a man and a woman and doesn’t hold same-sex couples to the same standards.

Source: National Post June 29, 2016 15:00 UTC