[freedomlover]

It's important to note that an anullment from the Catholic Church does not mean Kerry's daughters are illegitimate. This is not the Church's stance at all. An anullment only affects the Sacramental portion of the marriage. It has nothing to do with the daughters. So was his marriage not annuled before it was not annulled?

Seriously, I have some questions about how someone can be married for the sake of their children while never being married at all (isn't that what annulment means?)

And I'm not a bombthrower my wife got an annulment but she had no kids.

[CrusadingConservative]

>>Seriously, I have some questions about how someone can be married for the sake of their children while never being married at all (isn't that what annulment means?)

I actually did vote for marriage, before I left my wife!

No, that's not what annulment means. An annulment only affects the Sacramental portion of marriage. All legal issues remain.

The entire question is whether the vow could be considered legitimate. There are lots of reasons why it might not be...drunkeness...insanity...dishonesty...shotgun, etc. Catholics believe that once you promise to cling to a spouse for the rest of your life, that you cannot go back on that promise. An annulment says basically that the promise itself wasn't valid because one or the other party wasn't capable of making a promise.