[Gods_Mercenary]

There's a major difference between having sex in a commited relationship and having sex with random people you meet in bars, even to the family values crowd. According to my Catholic theology prof., the only requirement for marriage between a man and a woman is love and commitment, the church simply recognizes this bond in the wedding ceremony. Granted, he's theologically liberal, but according to somewhat liberal Catholic viewpoint, many of these premarital relations could have been legitimate.