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Relatively speaking, yes.

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The thing is, Douthat does actually point out a bit of a theological problem for the Church in this area. Unlike ghey marriage (or ghey <i>anything</i>) or abortion or American exceptionalism or male-only priests, divorce and remarriage is a subject that is addressed in the Bibble by the alleged actual words of the alleged Jesus, and he is damn sure against it.

Quite a lot of canon law is shit the Church made up during the first millennium (including the idea of sainthood), but the position on divorce is pretty much a direct quote from one-third of God. They already dance around it with "annulment", but directly formalizing divorce would be a big step.

Incidentally, every divorced Baptist (e.g.) is an adulterer/ess too.

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