paraplegic marriage

[StratusRose]

StratusRose;1600805:

The article does not state whether or not he tried to get the impotence treated. There are many things males can do to treat it.

How naive are you?
How is a male with a completely severed spinal cord supposed to treat impotence? This is absurd on your part.
Please research more on paraplegic males and impotence.

Scotty

How insentitive are you? I didn’t know. I didn’t mean to be insulting either! Why don’t you POLITELY enlighten me! I really want to say uncharitable things to you right now, but I would get suspended if I did.

 

[maryalene]

I understand that a paraplegic cannot be sacramentally married, but would the Church have a problem with a paraplegic who was civilly married for the legal benefits (next of kin, etc.)? I don’t think a couple living together as companions would be a sin in and of itself.

 

[Karin]

I understand that a paraplegic cannot be sacramentally married, but would the Church have a problem with a paraplegic who was civilly married for the legal benefits (next of kin, etc.)? I don’t think a couple living together as companions would be a sin in and of itself.

As a Catholic why would you** not want** a Sacramental Marriage?

 

[SMHW]

I think the question would be, what is meant by companionship?

Are we talking about a man and his nurse roommate who just happen to civilly marry for financial purposes but have no romantic interest in each other?

Or are we talking about a couple who want the kind of romantic relationship that would exist between a couple that were married prior to one of the two becoming a paraplegic? This would be the kind of interaction that exists when a couple is abstaining while practicing NFP.

I don’t know about the first case but I don’t see how the second case could possibly be morally acceptable.

 

[maryalene]

As a Catholic why would you** not want** a Sacramental Marriage?

I don’t think it is a question of wanting. It is my understanding that paraplegics **are unable **to have a sacramental marriage because they cannot consumate it. I am wondering if a paraplegic finds someone they love, can they be civilly married for legal reasons and then live as brother and sister. Does anyone know what the Church would think about that?

 

[YinYangMom]

I don’t think it is a question of wanting. It is my understanding that paraplegics **are unable **to have a sacramental marriage because they cannot consumate it. I am wondering if a paraplegic finds someone they love, can they be civilly married for legal reasons and then live as brother and sister. Does anyone know what the Church would think about that?

The church only enters into play if one of the persons or both people are Catholic and receiving the sacraments.

If neither or Catholic then the Church’s teaching does not pertain to their arrangement.

 

[Ferdinand_Mary]

The topic has been fully discussed and the overall charity has decreased to an unacceptable level. Thank you to all who participated, this thread is now closed.

Mane Nobiscum Domine,
Ferdinand Mary