Would Marge Simpson have grounds to get a Catholic annulment?

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No, for two reasons:
  1. Neither Homer nor Marge were Catholic at the time they were married, per their character biographies (Though Homer and Bart convert to Catholicism at some point in the series). If we assume that they are both baptized, being as they are not Catholic, they are not bound by canonical form, and so contract a valid and sacramental marriage in virtue of exchanging consent. There is nothing to suggest that anything was lacking in their giving of consent.
  2. Marge is a fictional character. Tribunals cannot rule on the marriages of fictional characters.
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Let’s say that Homer and Marge were both Catholic at the time they got married.
 
Without investigating, it would be impossible to determine whether intention was lacking, assuming all things necessary for valid form were present. There are two reasons:
  1. What you propose is a hypothetical that cannot possibly take into account everything which might lay hidden and thus require the self-revelation of the subjects. This is mostly because
  2. they are fictional characters, so we can’t possibly know what they were thinking when they got married, because they don’t exist.
 
When did that happen? Was it an older episode or a newer one?
 
It’s pretty old. I remember seeing it as a teenager. I believe it was the one that featured “Protestant Heaven” and “Catholic Heaven”.

 
Possible grounds for annulment:
  1. Marge and Homer may have felt pressured into marrying because Marge was pregnant at the time they exchanged their wedding vows. The venue of their wedding, namely Shotgun Pete’s Wedding Chapel, suggests that they may even have been forced to marry, i.e., that it was a so-called shotgun wedding.
  2. Homer may have been drunk at the time they exchanged their vows.
  3. Homer’s later infidelities might mean that at the time they exchanged vows Homer had no intention of remaining faith to Marge until death they do part.
 
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  1. What if like, we’re fictional, and Homer and Marge watch us on TV?
 
It’s from the episode “Father, Son, and Holy Guest Star”, Season 16, episode 21. It first aired on May 15, 2005.
 
edward_george1 said:
All marriages between persons who are shown to be fictional are null and void.
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But if a fictional character has a fictitious wedding, is that a double negative?

Or would it be a triple negative if both were fictional?

Does it matter how much the wood chuck could chuck?
 
Todd_Easton said:
Homer’s later infidelities
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Wait, what??? I stopped watching in 2001 or so…when did Homer cheat on Marge? He was tempted by Mandy, but was clear that his hotel room was for eating, sleeping, and maybe building a little fort, then he invited Marge to his room.

Don’t tell me Homer cheated in later episodes! And the Las Vegas floozies don’t count, I don’t think that was ever consummated.
 
In the Simpson world, anything is possible. (Although I agree that Homer never physically cheated on Marge, if lust for beer and doughnuts don’t count.)
 
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