You made a very odd reply to me yesterday on the subject of marriage.
And yesterday I vowed not to argue with a Catholic.
I also vowed not to use my husband’s handicap placard when I can walk.
I find it a convoluted moral strategy to say that because Rick Santorum’s wife ONLY LIVED with an old dude for 6 years but never married him, she is somehow more fit to marry than someone who had a previous marriage.
This seems like serious nit-picking to me and I am about to go post something on the door of the Vatican like Martin Luther did.
“You made a very odd reply to me yesterday on the subject of marriage.”
Um, you said that shacking up was the same as being married. No, it’s not. I said there is zero evidence for, (and your own source showed), that there is plenty of evidence against the fact that Karen was married prior to her marriage with Rick.
“I find it a convoluted moral strategy to say that because Rick Santorum’s wife ONLY LIVED with an old dude for 6 years but never married him, she is somehow more fit to marry than someone who had a previous marriage.”
Yes, that’s because living together isn’t the same as marriage.
“This seems like serious nit-picking to me”
Hardly, not unless you believe that shacking up is the same as being married. As I said, the Catholic church sees marriage as a sacrament, that, like Baptism, you can’t get remarried, just like you can’t get rebaptised.
This is different from how protestants see marriage. It’s important to understand this.
Vatican believes that Prudence is a virtue and imprudence (folly) is sinful ... concerns practical matters such as political primaries.
So whatever y’all are bantering about I suspect the Vatican will join in with altura’s arguments. I would, but I am busy with the blizzard of ‘12.
another thought: scandal of Magdelene. Some don’t like to be in a church with such folks. scandal of Judas scares ‘em worse. Discussed under humility section of the guide book.