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Catholic Church allowing In-Family Marriage

  • 10-06-2013 08:47PM
    #1
    Roro4Brit
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    Just watching a TV show on Irish travellers and one on the girls was talking about marriage within the family - 1st cousins etc. She said someone in her family married a 1st cousin and got special allowance from the Vatican, and now that decree is framed in their house as it was signed by JP II.

    Googled it quick but found nothing. Surely this can't be true can it? I found that simply outrageous in light of the Church's attempts at 'preservation of traditional marriage'??


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  • #2
    smaoifs
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    Thought it would be a legal thing as well. Registering intent to marry, we had a list a mile long of all the different blood, half, step and in-law relations that you can't legally marry.
    Roro4Brit wrote: »
    Just watching a TV show on Irish travellers and one on the girls was talking about marriage within the family - 1st cousins etc. She said someone in her family married a 1st cousin and got special allowance from the Vatican, and now that decree is framed in their house as it was signed by JP II.

    Googled it quick but found nothing. Surely this can't be true can it? I found that simply outrageous in light of the Church's attempts at 'preservation of traditional marriage'??


  • #3
    Vojera
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    But marrying your first cousin is legal in Ireland. Is it not approved of by the Church or something?


  • #4
    username123
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    Vojera wrote: »
    But marrying your first cousin is legal in Ireland. Is it not approved of by the Church or something?

    +1. Not allowed in canon law.

    You have to get permission from Rome, I know a pair of cousins who had to.
    Its called Consanguinity (in Canon Law):
    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04264a.htm


  • #5
    Vojera
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    username123 wrote: »
    +1. Not allowed in canon law.

    You have to get permission from Rome, I know a pair of cousins who had to.
    Its called Consanguinity (in Canon Law):
    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04264a.htm

    Huh, the more you know!


  • #6
    Meangadh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭Meangadh


    Yeah I know a couple who'd be not too far off 60 years old at this stage who are married and are first cousins, pretty sure they got special permission. They're not travellers though so it does happen with other people too, odd as it may seem!


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  • #7
    Roro4Brit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 595 ✭✭✭Roro4Brit


    Well there you go, you learn something new every day.

    Not to derail the issue at hand but does anyone not find this totally frickin' insane that they brand gay people a danger to society and traditional family and yet they can accommodate this?

    I give up.


  • #8
    Meangadh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭Meangadh


    Totally agree, although to be fair I should say that the couple that I know of who are cousins are actually lovely people and have nice (normal!) kids. I suppose they've been married so long now that I don't really even think about it. It is just a bit too weird for me though... whereas I couldn't care less whether a gay couple married or not. It's a funny old world!


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