So, just how did Nicole Kidman get married in a Catholic church if she was a divorcee? Normal procedure requires the divorcee to 'annul' her marriage, to imply that her marriage never existed -- in the eyes of God. Annulment is rather difficult to manage, since most legitimate reasons for annulment include a marriage not consummated or unfulfilled wifely/husbandly duties -- all of which are pretty damn hard to prove. But, it seems Kidman lucked out on this one. And here's why:
In fact, Kidman didn't need an annulment for one simple reason: in the eyes of the Catholic Church her 10-year union with Tom Cruise, a renowned Scientologist, never happened. The original wedding was performed in the Church of Scientology and wasn't recognised by the Catholic faith. The divorce granted to the couple in 2001 was a legal rather than religious procedure for Kidman. So Kidman would only have had to have obtained a licence from the Catholic Church saying that she was legally free to marry and that the Church had not recognised her first marriage. [bbc]Let's hope Katie's taking notes... ;)
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Or it could be that it was never consummated. TC is teh ghey.
Can't stand all these stuck-up churches and religions that don't recognize anyone that doesn't share their ideology!
Johnny
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