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You're RIGHT!

That's exactly it. You know, my own parish runs an annulment sale each spring. Half-off every year. And, in the event that we have a "dry spell," we run a CLEARANCE SALE!

We even have an annulment gift shop! You can get T-shirts, keychains and everything.

Sheesh! The things some people will believe! You don't "buy" an annulment, pal. Check NYer's post and get the facts.

Marriage is a Sacrament that brings Grace to two souls, and it's a weapon against the evil to indiscriminately satisfy carnal desires. Marriages disciplines human sexuality so that man may husband the fleshly garden of God's image within the Love of God's Will.

The purpose of "state marriages" is to mock the Sacrament. State sanctioned "marriages" were always meant to undermine Church authority and slap God in the Face. From the heresy of those who've pushed state sponsored "marriage" licensing we've enough statistics and evidence that exposes the errors and poisoning of divorce, broken homes, adultery, fornication, emotionally and spiritually stunted children, and all mortal sin encouraged by removing the Sanctity of sexuality.

Furthermore, when tax rates favor such secular "marriages", it creates a hostile environment unfair to those who are single. A flat rate tax for all would undo the injustice of favoritism as well as remove political ammunition for same-sex "marriages" and for same-sex couples to adopt tax "deductibles".

Much of the pain brought about from state "marriage" can be traced to the freemasonry who've submitted their wills to supernatural intelligence not of God--the evil one who spawned the heresy of humanism and encourages man to not seek the Graces of God given through Holy Mother Church.

Mosaic law permitted divorce because recently freed slaves were a hard hearted people. The Israelites did not want to love each other in the Spirit that God Loves them. Because Moses gave into such may be one reason why he was not permitted into the Promise Land. Without the discipline of a Graceful Marriage, men and women live in debauched slavery as their wills are given over to the horrors of a "life style" of insatiable desires. The lustful themselves are devoured by demons and the wicked. Thus, divorced couples, too, are not permitted to be in Communion with Christ for the Holy Eucharist.

It's better to die in a State of Grace than to reach for the Fruit of Life while in a state of sin and be damned for eternity.