Nowhere does it say that if a married person commits adult, they are no longer married in the eyes of the Lord. Period. Look all you want, you wont find it. So the argument that God has "turned his back on this marriage" (or something like that), is completely baseless.
Did Christ him self not say "But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has committed adult with her in his heart" Mat 5:28.
So by your reckoning (adultery=automatic devoice) any man who looks at a woman lustfully is thereby devoiced in the eyes of the Lord? Christ said it himself. You look in lust, you've committed adultery. Doesn't get much planer than that.
We can play dueling scriptures all day long, but your argument will not be advanced by the "they're not really married" angle. It just isn't so.
When a man marries a woman, he takes an oath to love, honor, and cherish her, forsaking all others, until death does them part.
Michael Schiavo has openly renounced his oath.
How, then, can he still rightfully claim to be "married" in any sense other than by his illegal use of his position as guardian to prevent a divorce?
8Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
MATT 19: 8-9
Jesus states here that the only reason for divorce is, "...marital unfaithfulness..."
Has Mike Schiavo been unfaithful?
This discussion is over...
Try and find some intellectual honesty.