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You wrote:

“I’m sorry, but you appear to be the one in error according to the Byzantines.”

Wrong again. Vatican II ended in 1965. How many ordinations of married men have taken place in America among Byzantine Catholics?

How many?

One?

“There has been only one ordination of a married man to the priesthood in the Pittsburgh Metropolia since the promulgation of the Particular Law. On February 12, 2006 Bishop John Kudrick, Eparch of Parma, OH, Metropolia of Pittsburgh, PA ordained married deacon, Joseph Marquis, to the priesthood at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
See http://www.parma.org/stories.htm";

There may be some, but I know of not a single Byzantine diocese which is regularly ordaining married men in America. Since at least the 1920s - in America - until very recently NO married men were regularly ordained by Eastern Catholic bishops. NONE. And still, even though the rule has been relaxed, none of the Byzantine bishops has shown any movement toward regularly ordaining married men.

It would help if you knew what you were talking about.

This will help: http://www.byzantines.net/epiphany/ordination.htm

How many ordinations of married men have taken place in America among Byzantine Catholics?

How many?

One?

I see that some parsing is needed, such as the ordinations taking place in America.

Since this decree has been issued, there have been attempts on the part of the Eastern Catholic Rites affected by it to have it repealed in order to be able to practice the Eastern tradition of ordaining married men. However, these efforts have not been successful.

But in spite of this, some Eastern Catholic Bishops in North America have been able to obtain married priests, partly through immigration, and partly by taking trained seminarians to Europe for ordination, and bringing them back for service. Apparently, married priests who were sent abroad for ordination are considered to be "on loan" in North America, and therefore they do not require a special dispensation from the Holy See.

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/kephas.html

And more than just one it seems, anyway.

"On Saturday, December 20, 1996, Bishop John Elya ordained the first married American priest for the American Melkite Church."

http://www.melkite.org/latin.htm#Married

One cannot be right on every count while getting the facts wrong.