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Catholics come close to saying that marrige for anything other then the purpose of having children is wrong. It is a fundamental tenet of the Catholic faith that the primary function of marriage is having and raising children. The social and other functions of a marriage are secondary.

Also, the Catholic church does say that impotent/infertile people can not get married. Currently the Catholic church only enforces that rule when physical imparement prevents consumation of the marriage, but in the past they have read it far more broadly. I believe the religious term in "dire impediment", it's a list of things that prevent a marriage from being valid. Most of them are sensible things like forcing somebody to say the vows or already being married.

Jay

New Interesting.
It does seem that that's a bit of doctrine that isn't enforced these days. [link|http://www.leaflets.on.ca/marriage.htm|This] page lists 8 necessary conditions for a valid Catholic marriage. #7 is:

7. Who intend to have a family

There are certainly people out there who would like to have children and are unable to. I don't think that the Catholic church demands annulments of marriages in those cases, but wouldn't be surprised if it was different in earlier times.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Scott.
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My Uncle got married and he and his wife could not have children. I have a cousin who also has that in her marriage. Nobody annulled their marriages, it was Catholic weddings.

Of course, nothing can prevent them from getting married at city hall, Las Vegas, on a boat, another religion, etc. There are other ways to get married.



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     So infertile people shouldn't be able to marry? - (Another Scott) - (10)
         Thank you! - (Nightowl)
         Catholics come close - (JayMehaffey) - (2)
             Interesting. - (Another Scott) - (1)
                 Thank you for your view - (orion)
         Why should they marry? - (boxley) - (5)
             Ha! - (Another Scott) - (4)
                 your other comments are from recent sources - (boxley) - (3)
                     Pre-1700? OK, how about this: - (Another Scott) - (2)
                         complete crock of spit and here's why - (boxley)
                         The Birth of the Authority Figure - (Ashton)

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