[trickyricky]

Does his annulment make his kids bastards like him?

[TBarnett34]

I suggest you be really careful about saying stuff like that.

[visualops]

I'm sick and tired of idiotic statements like that.
If you are ignorant, keep your mouth shut.

[keats5]

Leave his kids out of it. They have enough problems.

[nmh]

"Does his annulment make his kids bastards like him?"

If you go by the Catholic church it would make them ultimate. They "annulled" the marriage.

"The couple’s divorce was final in 1988 but was not annulled by the Roman Catholic Church until 1997 – two years after Kerry married Teresa Simões-Ferreira Heinz, a former United Nations translator and widow of Pennsylvania Sen. H. John Heinz III, a Republican.

Ole John moved up the wealth ladder with Terrraza.

"Kerry married the former Julia Thorne, a Philadelphia heiress, in 1970 in Bay Shore, N.Y. "

I hear she was worth a measly 300 million; not billions like the lonely widow, Terrraza HEINZ.

[cubreporter]

Don't say that kind of thing please! No child is what you say...never! Let's leave the kids out remember? I know you didn't mean that.

[KC_Conspirator]

I don' think your comments are out of line at all. I am sick of the corrupt Catholic church aiding and abetting liberal New England politicians. How the hell do you get a 27 year old wedding annulled. And if so, are not his daughter's born out of wedlock, since the marraige never existed?

[sitetest]

Dear trickyricky,

I wish there were somewhere on FR where frequently-asked-and-answered questions could be posted.

Legitimacy is a civil matter. If you are legally civilly married when you have your children, your children are legally legitimate.

Annulment relates to sacramental matters in the Catholic Church. When issuing a decree of nullity (not an "annulment") the Church is stating that a particular marriage did not possess a sacramental nature. It has nothing to do with the legal, civil status of the marriage. In fact, the entire process of "annulments" presupposes a legal, civil marriage.


sitetest

[the invisib1e hand]

that was so totally unf*cking called for.

[nmh]

"Does his annulment make his kids bastards like him?"

If you go by the Catholic church it would make them ILLEGITIMATE. They "annulled" the marriage.

"The couple’s divorce was final in 1988 but was not annulled by the Roman Catholic Church until 1997 – two years after Kerry married Teresa Simões-Ferreira Heinz, a former United Nations translator and widow of Pennsylvania Sen. H. John Heinz III, a Republican.

If you go by the law, then he'd simply be another divorced guy with two kids - meaning the marriage is legitimate but failed with two kids as the product of the union.

Ole John moved up the wealth ladder with Terrraza.

"Kerry married the former Julia Thorne, a Philadelphia heiress, in 1970 in Bay Shore, N.Y. "

I hear she was worth a measly 300 million; not billions like the lonely widow, Terrraza HEINZ.

[SuziQ]

Does his annulment make his kids bastards like him?

No, neither did his divorce. He is a bastard regardless of his marital status, or lack thereof.