Boris and Carrie have got married!

lemsip

Alegrias1 watching from the side lines ready to step in then. not quite staying out of this.

Oh, grow up.

It's not the getting married which bothers me, good luck to them. As has been said, we all make mistakes. It's the hypocrisy of getting married in the Catholic church and the Church itself sanctioning it, when so many others have unfairly been refused a Catholic blessing.

The fact that so many people are questioning the logic of the catholic church in allowing Boris and Carrie to marry in Westminster Cathedral of all places, only goes to show how the vast majority are flummoxed by paradoxical catholic edicts, I came to terms with its buffoonery years ago! I don't even bother to question the constant contradictory nonsense such as this, although I understand why others do. Allowing Boris to have such a high profile catholic ceremony sends out an awful message to those adherents who have tried to live a life in accordance with the church's teaching and fell at one of their major hurdles, because they married in a catholic church and divorced, sometimes for the most understandable reasons, but, if they chose to marry again, are denied the sacrament of communion as a result. Which is a big deal and source of pain to many a practising catholic.

However when I look around me at the people I know who still practice, in this country at any rate, I feel they cherry pick the bits they like, well of course understandably that's the only way it's palatable after all we have come to know about its very dark history.

There are of course, in spite of all the poisonous water that has flowed under the bridge, still some good people within the church, it must be so hard for them! I rejected it totally when I was younger, these days I'm quite ambivalent about it, still a believer but not in the behemoth of the church itself, where the essence of Jesus message was lost centuries ago. Every so often, when something such as this latest wedding debacle comes to light, people could be forgiven for thinking the church is embracing life in the modern age, they'd be wrong, in many respects its still right back there in the unforgiving 12th century.

I am with Marydoll , I am puzzled as to how the Church laws get interpreted , my sister had to get out of a bad marriage , no children and she had to get an annulment, thoroughly unpleasant business , so her ex could get married ! And very costly

I don't think people are bothered about him remarrying - Im certainly not, it is the lack of morality and misogyny he represents, he even paid for someone's abortion. Then to get married in a Catholic Cathedral just makes a mockery of the sacrament of marriage but maybe he is a born again Catholic, who knows? I suppose at least he doesn't use contraception, maybe that swung it for him.

I thought her dress and head dress was lovely

I think it's perfectly reasonable for people to question a church that makes moral judgements on other people. I certainly havent commented on the morality of any of the behaviour. I would be hypocritical to do that for a start.

aggie

I am with Marydoll , I am puzzled as to how the Church laws get interpreted , my sister had to get out of a bad marriage , no children and she had to get an annulment, thoroughly unpleasant business , so her ex could get married ! And very costly

Yes, I'm sure all/most of us on here have similar stories within our own families and that might be why people feel strongly about it.

WadesNan

Wow - I really can't believe all the nasty unpleasant comments on this thread against a couple who have just got married.

It must be wonderful to have never made a mistake or wrong decision in your life.

GN used to be a place where people could air their views without resorting to snide remarks - unfortunately those days are long gone - one of the reasons I no longer post.

I agree WadesNan
Where are the people who leap to Prince Harry's defence but are not defending a couple who have just got married?

If Harry got married in a catholic church with the same history I would be asking questions.

Galaxy
The wedding was reported on Sky News

Thanks Daisend I did find it

Maybe the honeymoon is at Carbis Bay. It's simply glorious down here at the moment.
I'd advise Boris and co to come by helicopter though as the roads were heaving yesterday.

Predictably all the Boris haters are out in force on this thread! I wish him and Carrie every happiness on their marriage.
Much as they may hate him Boris is very popular. People seem to love an alpha male who is a womaniser. It was the same with Lloyd George, who had numerous lovers. His popularity was so great that the King worried that LG was more loved by the people than him.

Well now that I'm here....

There was much consternation when I used the term "Harry haters".

Anyone like to lay into Chestnut for the term "Boris haters"?

Crikey believe me he is not an alpha male. Unless you mean that all the husbands of the people who have managed to remain faithful are somehow less of a man?

I dislike him <shrugs> I really don't like any men though that treat women the way he does. I cannot stand the misogyny in society in general though. If he was a woman he wouldn't be an MP, let alone the PM. Presumably if he wasn't a powerful man he wouldn't be getting married in a a Catholic Cathedral anyway. We must never forget, powerful men get what they want.

I wish the newly weds every happiness, but I am absolutely horrified by just how much the Catholic church can turn a blind eye to when it chooses.

Alegrias1

Well now that I'm here....

There was much consternation when I used the term "Harry haters".

Anyone like to lay into Chestnut for the term "Boris haters"?

But they are Boris haters, I have seen posters use that word themselves.

No one on the Harry thread hates Harry or has used the word. They are Harry puzzlers, trying to fathom him out.

Oh yes, I forgot, it's all out of concern for Harry. [Hmm]

I'm off to make lunch Have fun.

I wonder when the banns were read. Shouldn’t that be 3 consecutive weeks before the ceremony.

I don’t like the use of the term ‘haters’ in connection with anyone. It doesn’t matter who the ‘celebrity’ is, I don’t like it. Certainly not when it is applied to other Gransnetters. Just my opinion.

So if he got the previous marriages annulled I wonder if those who thought they were married to Johnson got consulted?

The banns must have been read as is usual WW. I presume none of us were there to hear them (there’ll be someone along soon probably to tell me they were!)

Presumably someone was there. I assume the congregation must have heard them.

Hmm?

Galaxy

I am sorry if people having different views to you makes you uncomfortable. I have made lots of mistakes that's why I recognise some of them.

People having different views does not make me uncomfortable. I am sad to see comments on here such as "she has created a vacancy", guessing how long the marriage will last or judging her for wearing white. Wearing white was seen as the bride being "pure" - how many brides today are virgins on their wedding day? An anachronism which no longer has a place in today's world.