Most U.S. Catholics hope for change in church rule on divorce, Communion

[Cider]

If you would be so kind as to re-read my post, you will see that I was referring to an unfaithful spouse, which means that a marriage has taken place, and that one of the spouses has committed adultery, which is a subset of fornication, the catchall term for all sexual sins.

The Church has already established that marriages are either valid or invalid at it’s inception. Something that happens after the marriage cannot make it invalid if it did not exist at the time the marriage took place.

 

[philipl]

A better question to ask,does this survey actually include Catholics who are well formed in the teaching of their Catholic faith with a clear
Under standing of what and why the Church teaches what it does.

Of course it doesnt.

 

[OriginalJS]

I can’t say I blame them. After all, they pretty much got what they wanted in the 60’s and 70’s. So much so, there’s very little of Catholic identity left.

But why are they pushing for rule changes if they’re going to ignore or defy the rules anyway?

From what I’ve seen many ignore the rules and don’t give it much, if any, thought at all. I know personally three divorced and remarried Catholics who receive along with everybody else and no one says anything.

 

[marymary1975]

Just looking at the first question they are showing their own bias. So they ask “What is your opinion of children being raised by a mother and father” and the only choices are

Acceptable and as good as any other arrangement
Acceptable but not as good as some others
don’t know
not acceptable

No option for saying it’s the ideal and preferred arrangement. Really? And they are asking Catholics where the foundation of the family is a married mother and father and yet that option is only allowed to be chosen including the clause " as good as any other". I can see how some people being called might not fully understand the implications of choosing that answer out of the limited choices,

This is the reason why I don’t like polls. They can be so easily manipulated to get the result that the person that does the poll wants that you have to take them with a grain of salt.