Do you have any idea how rare those dispensations are in practice? On top of that, getting married outside the Church without the permission of the Church excommunicates you, and the marriage is not considered valid.
I went through all of this with my mother who as attempting to marry a non-Catholic in a civil ceremony.
I went through all of this with my mother who as attempting to marry a non-Catholic in a civil ceremony.
New York Senate approves same-sex marriage
25/06/2011 03:47:43 AM
- 1294 Views
I'm actually not opposed to this.
25/06/2011 03:48:32 PM
- 620 Views
I'm not sure why there was even any need for such explicit protection.
25/06/2011 04:04:47 PM
- 616 Views
so in your only Catholics are really married?
26/06/2011 12:04:07 AM
- 622 Views
Church Doctrine.
26/06/2011 12:57:39 AM
- 748 Views
That is simply not true
26/06/2011 08:20:59 AM
- 687 Views
Yes it is.
26/06/2011 05:14:29 PM
- 694 Views
That's patently wrong in that Orthodox weddings are explicitly recognized by the Church.
26/06/2011 02:42:00 PM
- 639 Views
Yeah okay...
26/06/2011 05:16:05 PM
- 678 Views
They are outside of the authority of Rome, and have, on occasion, excommunicated Popes.
27/06/2011 05:03:31 PM
- 651 Views
Seems fine to me
25/06/2011 05:44:30 PM
- 615 Views
Voting on civil rights constitutes tyranny of the majority, not legitimate democracy.
25/06/2011 09:37:28 PM
- 747 Views
Re: Voting on civil rights constitutes tyranny of the majority, not legitimate democracy.
26/06/2011 03:11:06 AM
- 693 Views
Good luck telling that to the deeply religious right.
26/06/2011 03:20:04 AM
- 610 Views
I am a deeply religious member of the right, and I tell them that all the time *NM*
26/06/2011 03:30:14 AM
- 263 Views
After a number of years of gay marriage
26/06/2011 06:57:07 AM
- 584 Views
That's more or less true of virtually everything, not a great example
26/06/2011 07:09:03 AM
- 611 Views
People shouldn't turn their own religion and/or opinion into law
28/06/2011 07:33:48 PM
- 602 Views
I don't recall mentioning religion beyond confirming that I was religious
28/06/2011 08:22:51 PM
- 653 Views
I admit I wasn't replying to you directly
29/06/2011 07:20:10 AM
- 607 Views
I think you should give this subject a bit more thought
29/06/2011 02:16:04 PM
- 655 Views
Believing things without strong supporting evidence is not rational.
30/06/2011 12:11:33 AM
- 716 Views
Requiring different degrees of proof for things isn't particularly rational
30/06/2011 01:14:44 PM
- 784 Views
I require the same standard of evidence to be confident in anything.
30/06/2011 07:43:51 PM
- 1178 Views
Re: I require the same standard of evidence to be confident in anything.
30/06/2011 08:59:00 PM
- 790 Views
Re: I require the same standard of evidence to be confident in anything.
30/06/2011 09:47:30 PM
- 1060 Views
No, I used the word irrational to mean that it's not rational.
30/06/2011 09:12:19 PM
- 643 Views
Re: Voting on civil rights constitutes tyranny of the majority, not legitimate democracy.
26/06/2011 10:38:56 PM
- 791 Views
I think you should give your fellow citizens a bit more trust and respect
27/06/2011 05:41:52 PM
- 584 Views
My expectations are guided by psychology and history.
28/06/2011 07:08:06 PM
- 696 Views
That's good to know, most of us do that, though we usually just call it common sense and experience
28/06/2011 08:55:23 PM
- 724 Views
No, most people don't do that. Reasoning from cognitive biases and anecdotes is much more common.
30/06/2011 12:18:40 AM
- 635 Views
Empire State Building was lit up in rainbow colors, looked cool *NM*
25/06/2011 08:21:03 PM
- 270 Views
I approved that years ago. They are way behind. Granted, I have no authority over anyone...
26/06/2011 12:22:33 AM
- 513 Views
The real issue is going to be when the Supreme Court rules on the full faith and credit clause.
26/06/2011 02:43:23 PM
- 623 Views