This is why politics and religion should stay separate. No religion should have this much influence on the policies of a country, and neither politics nor religion should be allowed to dictate women's reproductive decisions.
"When I go to Mass, I hear the priest give sermons saying that pills are bad," Naz said. "But whenever I hear that, I just say to myself that for me, it's not evil, it's not bad or it's not sinful.
"What is more sinful is to have more children than I can afford to feed."
Naz should know. She lives through it every day. And I can imagine the dread, the nightmare of any parent, seeing their child die because they can't afford healthcare or because of malnourishment. I'm sure she'll skip every meal if that means it'll feed her children, but how long can her body cope with that?
I was brought up Catholic, but never agreed with some of their teachings. I believe in family planning, birth control, I'm pro-choice, I'm for gay marriage and gay rights, and I believe in divorce. All of which, of course, flies against their beliefs.
When I married my husband, an all around excellent guy with his own faults which made him totally, beautifully human, but a divorcee, a Catholic priest we spoke to basically said he couldn't recognize our marriage until my husband came up with a really good reason for the divorce, and that, instead of a divorce, it was preferable if it was an annulment.
After some consideration (it didn't take long, to be honest), I decided I loved my husband more than my religion, so I turned my back on it. We were legally married anyway, that's all that counts. We've been happy ever since, without religion in our lives. I mean like any other couple, we have our ups and downs, but with regards to leaving Catholicism, I've not had one day of regret. If given a choice again, I'd pick him again, the next time in less than half a heartbeat. So they won't recognize our marriage? Screw them. Threats of excommunication, like they did to their President Aquino, or telling me I'm going to hell... guess what, they no longer work on this agnostic.
"When I go to Mass, I hear the priest give sermons saying that pills are bad," Naz said. "But whenever I hear that, I just say to myself that for me, it's not evil, it's not bad or it's not sinful.
"What is more sinful is to have more children than I can afford to feed."
Naz should know. She lives through it every day. And I can imagine the dread, the nightmare of any parent, seeing their child die because they can't afford healthcare or because of malnourishment. I'm sure she'll skip every meal if that means it'll feed her children, but how long can her body cope with that?
I was brought up Catholic, but never agreed with some of their teachings. I believe in family planning, birth control, I'm pro-choice, I'm for gay marriage and gay rights, and I believe in divorce. All of which, of course, flies against their beliefs.
When I married my husband, an all around excellent guy with his own faults which made him totally, beautifully human, but a divorcee, a Catholic priest we spoke to basically said he couldn't recognize our marriage until my husband came up with a really good reason for the divorce, and that, instead of a divorce, it was preferable if it was an annulment.
After some consideration (it didn't take long, to be honest), I decided I loved my husband more than my religion, so I turned my back on it. We were legally married anyway, that's all that counts. We've been happy ever since, without religion in our lives. I mean like any other couple, we have our ups and downs, but with regards to leaving Catholicism, I've not had one day of regret. If given a choice again, I'd pick him again, the next time in less than half a heartbeat. So they won't recognize our marriage? Screw them. Threats of excommunication, like they did to their President Aquino, or telling me I'm going to hell... guess what, they no longer work on this agnostic.
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