90-yr-old groom, 15-yr-old bride

Started by Lyubov, January 08, 2013, 12:37:34 PM

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Quote from: erin is nice on January 08, 2013, 12:57:53 PM
Just waiting for the boys around here to come along and say this is perfectly natural and acceptable.... I need a toe tapping smiley.

Based on recent discourse, I think this may be referencing the distinction between Natural and Unnatural in Moral Theology.

It also seems to be associating "natural" with "acceptable" in a scandalous manner.

Natural and Unnatural do not refer to to the entire situation, but to individual human acts.

Islamic marriage is full of issues, based on my knowledge of Church norms for marriage, I think there would be a strong case for declaring this "marriage" void, as there seems to be a defect of matrimonial consent in the woman at the very least.

The ages do not defy nature or Church law:

Quote from: Canon Law
Can.  1083 §1. A man before he has completed his sixteenth year of age and a woman before she has completed her fourteenth year of age cannot enter into a valid marriage.

Based on my knowledge of Islamic law, it does not violate it either.

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Quote from: erin is nice on January 08, 2013, 12:57:53 PM
Just waiting for the boys around here to come along and say this is perfectly natural and acceptable.... I need a toe tapping smiley.

Not this boy.  From the beginning, this sounded wrong on its face.  On top of that:

Quote from: Pæniteo on January 08, 2013, 06:08:57 PMIslamic marriage is full of issues, based on my knowledge of Church norms for marriage, I think there would be a strong case for declaring this "marriage" void, as there seems to be a defect of matrimonial consent in the woman at the very least.

Only situation in Christian (not necessarily Catholic) marriage that comes to mind as a sort of parallel to this with any real justification was the marriage of a grizzly old American Civil War vet to a very young girl who was in bad straits, so she could reap the financial benefits of being a vet's widow.  If anyone else has heard about this, please chime in, I don't recall the specifics.
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Quote from: erin is nice on January 08, 2013, 12:57:53 PM
Just waiting for the boys around here to come along and say this is perfectly natural and acceptable.... I need a toe tapping smiley.

Not from this 'boy'. I find it disgusting but standard practice for the pigs who follow the religion of a paedophile. Oops, sorry about insulting swine! ;D
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The second I read the thread title I thought " gotta be some muslim."
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90 year-old groom and a 15 year-old bride?

Well, they're both consenting adults. In theory at least.
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Quote from: OCLittleFlower on January 08, 2013, 02:04:21 PM
Quote from: Ben on January 08, 2013, 02:03:31 PM
Anna Nicole Smith married a 90-year-old.

She wasn't 15, though -- except maybe mentally.  :P

She was 38 if my memory serves me.

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