WRONG! In some of the Eastern Churches, married men may apply to become priests. BIG difference. Once accepted, should their wife die, they may not remarry.
OK, OK, I get it, if a man who is married and wants to become a priest he can and if he is already ordained he can not...the bottom line is that in the eastern rite, you have married men who are priests and have children and still make good priests...so what exactly is the BIG difference as you say....and as far as the spouse dying, that holds true for ordained deacons in the latin rite....