Category: Marriage & Family

The above quotation is from St. Thomas, who in the Summa answers the question “Whether a betrothal is a promise of future marriage?”. That’s a most interesting phrase.
More to the point: in “Whether a betrothal can be dissolved?”, Thomas discusses many of the questions people brought up in the previous post about the Georgia man who intends to marry his troubled bride-to-be, despite ample evidence that she might be nuts. Fornication, fidelity to a promise, etc., were all discussed by Thomas eight centuries ago. Why would anyone need another theologian?

Now, I’m not an expert in church law as Pete is, but I get the feeling that this story shows a couple with obvious grounds for annulment even before the wedding. If you haven’t heard about it (lucky you), some gal in Georgia panicked on her wedding day, skipped the ceremony, and fled across country, setting off a multi-state manhunt. When she turned up safe and sound in New Mexico, she pretended to have been kidnapped, but eventually came clean.
Speaking of coming clean, what’s the bride’s latest outfit: a beach towel? Her ensemble included a daring multi-colored burqa — I mean, veil: just what a young lady needs to duck through the airport unnoticed.
Earth to groom: start practicing sentences that contain the word “re-evaluation”.

Here are the details. The lesbians will likely win since BC is Canada’s California, and those currently sitting on the Human Rights Tribunal are holdovers from the previous socialist government. We desperately need a revolution in this country.

I thought of this when I read Richard’s link to the parody drug commercial: ever seen the ads for that birth control patch? They say it causes “blood clots, hemorrhaging, weight gain, stroke, etc.” and they make no attempt to minimize it with a statement like “these effects were similar to other patients who received placebos,” probably because nobody would want placebo birth control. (“I was in the placebo group? I’m not even married! I was just doing this for the two hundred bucks!”)
Also, normal birth control pills contribute to osteoporosis and an increased risk of cancer. Ah, contraception: you gave us casual sex, rampant bastardy, and you strike at the very heart of marriage and family life. Is there anything you can’t do?

All you La Leche League moms will be pleased to see that the word is getting out: a campaign urges mothers to breast-feed their newborns exclusively for the first six months.