[hometoroost]

"An annulment does not now, nor has it ever, turned anyone's kids into bastards. Because the issue of "legitimacy" of children is basically a legal issue, it is not affected by the annulment procedure. An annulment does not in any way suggest that children born of the marriage are "bastard children." Since the marriage was presumed to be real and true at the time of the birth of the children, they are totally "legitimate" in every way, and an annulment cannot change that. The effects of the annulment involve only the two partners, not their children."

It's that type of muddled thinking that made me leave the Catholic church. Basically, if you have enough money (Frank Sinatra) you can buy your way out of your old marriage and it never existed but your children are still legitmate. Sorry, I don't buy it.

[DestroytheDemocrats]

"Basically, if you have enough money (Frank Sinatra) you can buy your way out of your old marriage and it never existed but your children are still legitmate. Sorry, I don't buy it."

That is baloney. It has nothing to do with money. There are tribunals of lay people and religious who determine who gets an annulment. There is at lot paperwork involved. That costs money. You can an annulment for about $300.00. If you can't afford it you can get it for less or for free. And when it is over your children are not bastards because that has to do with CIVIL law. CIVIL LAW!!!!! In civil law you are simply divorced and your kids conceived within marriage are legitimate. I canon law it is determined that a SACRAMENTAL MARRIAGE never existed. That has nothing to do with the legitimacy of your children. Nowhere does the church pronounce the offspring of an annulled marriage illegitimate. YOU are the ONLY one doing THAT.

Find a better excuse to leave the Church. The one you pulled out of your ear is transparently lame.