[Bombshell: KERRY not validly married?] MEDIA INTEREST IN KERRY’S CATHOLICISM GROWS

Catholic League ^ | April 2, 2004 | William Donohue

[Notwithstanding]

Catholic League president William Donohue commented as follows:

“The Catholic League does not possess a theological micrometer that judges, with digital precision, how ‘good’ a Catholic is. Furthermore, it is not our business anyway. But it is also true that we will not pretend disinterest in subjects that touch on the issue of Catholics in public life.

“This week’s issue of Time magazine says Senator John Kerry ‘sought an annulment of his 18-year first marriage before marrying again.’ News reports indicate, however, that Kerry didn’t seek an annulment until after he married Teresa Heinz in a civil ceremony in 1995. Today’s New York Times says Kerry ‘sought an annulment from the church when he was divorced from his first wife.’ Notice that neither Time nor the New York Times says that an annulment was granted. They say it was ‘sought.’

“Kerry cannot claim that this is a private matter since he publicly joked about his quest for an annulment on the Don Imus show of May 8, 1997. ‘Seventy-five percent of all annulments in the world take place in the United States,’ Kerry said, ‘and I guess the figure drops to 50 percent if you take out all Massachusetts politicians.’ He continued saying, ‘It’s one of those special Catholic things. It’s like confession or feeling guilty about things you haven’t even thought of doing.’

“On February 16, 2004, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that ‘Kerry’s office didn’t respond to several e-mail and telephone requests’ regarding the question of whether an annulment was granted. On March 23, 2003, the Providence Journal-Bulletin said that Kerry ‘will not say whether he obtained an annulment of his first marriage….’ Why the reticence, especially since Kerry says his ‘current marriage is in good graces with the church?’

“Why does this matter? If Kerry did not receive an annulment, then he is not married in the Catholic Church and cannot receive the sacraments. But even if he was annulled, did he and Teresa Heinz get married in the Catholic Church following the annulment? If not, then Kerry is not married in the Church, thus raising all sorts of questions.”

[maryz]

After Thorne requested an increase in alimony in 1995,

He was getting alimony from her? She had all the money ($300,000,000 is the figure I've seen). I've read that he was living off her money during the lengthy separation.

[greasepaint]

Why did Ketchup ditch his first wife?
She wasn't doing him, or what?

[maryz]

If I recall my Catholicism correctly, back in the day, children of an anulled marriage were not allowed to participate in the Church...as they were seen as illegitimate. I am sure this has all been changed.

What???? Illegitimacy is a civil category, not a religious one. I can't imagine who ever could have told you such a thing.

Illegitimacy was at one time (perhaps still is) considered an impediment (whether insuperable or not, I'm not sure) to ordination or religious life, but that was on the practical -- not theological -- grounds that children of people who "couldn't control themselves" might have inherited or learned the same tendency. But that's far from the same thing as not being allowed to participate in the Church.

[kcvl]

This says that John Kerry was married to Teresa Heinz in 1995 and didn't get an annulment until 1997...


John Kerry was married to Julie Thorne in 1970, and had two daughters: Alexandra (b. 1973) and Vanessa (b. 1976). Kerry and Thorne were separated in 1982 and divorced in 1988. The marriage was formally annulled by the Roman Catholic Church in 1997. In 1995, he married Teresa Heinz, the widow of Senator John Heinz. Their combined net worth is reported to be between $199 million and $839 million [3], making Kerry the wealthiest U.S. senator.


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This is from the National Enquirer...



"(Kerry is) so vain. The first time he took Hollywood star Dana Delany home, his big move was showing her video clips taken of him in the Navy when he was in Vietnam. She never went out with him again.

He dated Morgan Fairchild and Michelle Phillips -- and they've both donated to other Democratic candidates for 2004 election. Now what does that tell you they think of him now?"

...Kerry first ran for Congress -- and lost -- in 1972, nearly two years after he wed blue blood Julie Thorne, an heir to a huge Wall Street Fortune.

His dream of entering political life was finally realized when he was elected Massachusetts' lieutenant governor in 1982, an office he ran for even though his wife was battling suicidal depression -- and had been for years.

His marriage ended that year as he and Julia separated.

She later wrote two books, admitting she contemplated suicide and had lived a lonely life with Kerry.

Kerry and Julia didn't officially divorce until 1988 and she made appearances with him when he won election to U.S. Senate in 1984.

By the late 1980s, Kerry was floundering financially without the help of a wealthy wife.

For months at a time, he found himself homeless, forced to live with lobbyist friends or his former brother-in-law David Thorne.

But his financial situation changed when he met his second wife Teresa Heinz, the widow of Pennsylvania Sen. H. John Heinz, heir to the condiment fortune. Teresa inherited $550 million from her late husband.

After Kerry and Teresa were married on May 26, 1995, he went from near-homelessness to a multi-million-dollar Boston townhouse."

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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It is JOHN KERRY that is telling the world that he is a Catholic in good standing while taking the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

But it looks like it's really...

KERRY taking Communion =

Non-Catholic CLINTON taking Communion

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[ALOHA RONNIE]

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...Here's an ALOHA Bump 4-U...

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[ALOHA RONNIE]

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The Firestorm created by Rep. JOSEPH KENNEDY's throwing an Annulment at his wife of 18 years was central to his having to withdraw from the Mass. Governor's Race.

Quo Vadis KERRY..?


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[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET


JOHN KERRY come home from the Vietnam War to call us American Soldiers fighting for Freedom there ...rapists and...

...TERRORISTS

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1320



MEL GIBSON was so inspired by the real story of Amerian Soldiers fighting for Freedom in Vietnam while filming "WE WERE SOLDIERS" that he finally decided he just had to make his ultimate story of Love and Sacrifice...

.."The PASSION of the Christ"

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=39081



I wonder who got the story right..?



Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer / Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com

http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm
(IA DRANG-1965 Photos)


NEVER FORGET

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[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[netmilsmom]

He's running as a Catholic and some (idiot) Catholics will vote for him because of it. Like my sister.

This is a big deal to anyone in communion with the church.
However, I'd say 3/4ths of the Catholics in America today are not.

[Mo1]

“Why does this matter? If Kerry did not receive an annulment, then he is not married in the Catholic Church and cannot receive the sacraments. But even if he was annulled, did he and Teresa Heinz get married in the Catholic Church following the annulment? If not, then Kerry is not married in the Church, thus raising all sorts of questions.”

HELLO .. if this is true .. it's a big no no

[Mo1]

LOL Me either! Geeze, this is the least of the problems with this guy!

27% of voters are Catholic .. now this news won't effect all of them regarding voting

But it sure as heck will effect some of them .. and Kerry can't afford that

[Mo1]

Why did Ketchup ditch his first wife?
She wasn't doing him, or what?

She had a nervous break down

I can't really blame her .. could you imagine being married to him?

[FreedomPoster]

That's how I've always seen Kerry's deal on an annulment. How can you annul a marriage that has produced children?

[WhiteyAppleseed]

Much ado about nothing.

Today, divorce is easy. There are enough Catholics who have gone elsewhere to be remarried because the church would not marry them because of a previous marriage.

Jesus' words on marriage and divorce are telling. Matthew 19:1-12, 5:31-32, Mark 10:1-12, Luke 16:18, Luke 18:34, John apparently didn't record any words of Jesus on the matter.

[RippleFire]

bump

[Oldeconomybuyer]

...and it goes to his credibility and his character...

You're judging a democrat on the republican standards of credibility and character. The partisan left is in "anyone but Bush" mode and will vote democrat if Jeffrey Dahlmer is the nominee.

[js1138]

And .. quite frankly, I don't give a rip!

Personally I don't give a rip either, He hasn't broken any laws.

But there's this issue of lying that the democrats have been pushing. Kerry is a compulsive liar about every detail of his personal life. And that wouldn't be an issue except that he make his personal life into one of his qualifications for office.

Lord knows he can't campaign on his Senate record.

[Dante3]

Good points.

[independentmind]

The media's growing interest in Kerry's Catholicism has more to do with its distaste for Catholicism than it does with any dislike of Kerry. They would just love to see Kerry turned away from Communion.