You wrote:
“I agree. I am Catholic and the annulment is just the Catholic Church’s way of getting around a divorce.”
No, that’s logically impossible.
“If you have the money, you get one.”
Nope. If you have a legitimate case you’ll get one. Can you name a recent case where money clearly made the difference? Joseph P. Kennedy II had money - lots of it. It apparently did him no good. Napoleon couldn’t even get a legitimate annulment from the Church and had or forced clergy to him make one up with no authority. And decades ago, Princess Chalotte of Monaco? Turned down. Count de Castellane? Turned down. James Walker, one time mayor of New York? Turned down. I know there are other famous, rich people who’ve been turned down.
Every case of annulment I have ever learned the facts about seemed like a legitimate case to me.
I heard some grumbling about Kerry’s annulment during the 2004 campaign. According to you it sounds like there could have been good reasons — and I may have been impugning the man.
Do you know what the facts were behind his annulment? I’m curious as to why he was granted one. I guess I could just go to Google but I’m lazy. LOL.