Need help in debate against same sex marrige

[1ke]

Now, if a Baptised but non-practicing Catholic marries another Baptised but non-practicing Catholic OUTSIDE the Church, THAT is automatically invalid. Correct?

If they marry outside the Church, yes their marriage would lack canonical form (the requirement to be married in a Catholic Chuch with a priest/deacon and two witnesses) and therefore would not be valid.

But, be careful with the term “automatic” because even a Catholic who lacks form must submit their paperwork to the diocese to be declared free to marry in the Church.

 

[Newbie2]

Now, if a Baptised but non-practicing Catholic marries another Baptised but non-practicing Catholic OUTSIDE the Church, THAT is automatically invalid. Correct?

Correct, as far as the Catholic Church goes, but the marriage is valid in a civil sense.