29 May 2008 - 19H05
Judge grants annulment to man and non-virgin bride
A court in the northern city of Lille granted a French Muslim man's request to annul his marriage, based on the claim the bride had lied about being a virgin prior to the wedding.
A French court has granted a marriage annulment to a Muslim man on the grounds that his wife had lied about her virginity, the husband's lawyer said Thursday.
The court in the city of Lille in northern France granted the request after ruling that the husband had entered into marriage under false pretenses and that the woman's virginity was a "determining factor" in his decision to marry her.
Lawyer Xavier Labbee said the man had requested an annulment instead of divorce because "divorce entails a failure to live up to the obligations of marriage. In this instance, there was a flaw from the start."
The man suspected that his new bride, also a Muslim, was not a virgin on their wedding night in July 2006 because the bedsheets were not stained with blood.
The woman later admitted to him that she had had sexual intercourse before their marriage, said Labbee. The annulment was granted in April.
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There is no such thing as a physologocal virginity!
Please can someone tell me: is there a consensus among French public authorities that there is such a thing as a physiological virginity?