Newspapers of the time reported that the Society promoted free love, but the Society promoted "free-love" only in the sense that consenting adults had a right to change partners and even to have more than one partner at a time.
The Society promoted free love. This was what newspapers of the time reported. Consenting adults had a right to change partners and even to have more than one partner at a time. This was what the Society promoted "free-love" only in the sense.