" No jail for Portuguese man who beat ex-wife — because her adultery assaulted his 'honour' "

Judge Neto de Moura

" About three years ago, a married Portuguese woman began seeing another man. The affair was brief — and after two months, the woman wanted to end it. 

In response, the woman’s former lover turned to her husband, telling him his wife had been unfaithful, according to Portuguese media outlets. The couple divorced. But the two men, both enraged, worked together to plan an attack on the woman.

In June 2015, the former paramour kidnapped the woman and held her down while the ex-husband beat her viciously with a nail-spiked club, leaving bruises and lashes all over her body.

After charges were filed in the assault, the ex-husband was given a 15-month suspended sentence and a fine of about $2,000, according to the Associated Press. A prosecutor thought he deserved a harsher sentence, and asked an appeals court in Porto, Portugal’s second largest city, for prison time of 3 years and 6 months.

But the appeals judges decided against it. "¹

And had it been the other way around and a woman beat a man in this manner for adultery? 

The use of biblical references by the judges only emphasizes the presence of unfair patriarchy.  All major religions of Kali Yuga are altered to serve hypocritical forms of paternalism.  The Dharma is not free from this, and Christianity, being the laziest form of spirituality, is definitely not either.  Sinister patriarchy is not an extension of the Source.

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1. Schmidt, Samantha. " No jail for Portuguese man who beat ex-wife — because her adultery assaulted his 'honour.' " National Post, 25 Oct. 2017, http://nationalpost.com/news/world/no-jail-for-portuguese-man-who-beat-ex-wife-because-her-adultery-assaulted-his-honour. Accessed 27 0ct. 2017.
2. "Kali Yuga." http://en.minguo.info/blogs/panoramics/understanding_reverence#comment-1583.