When Do We Fire the Catholic Church?

Speaking for myself, I'm not (big surprise) a Christian and certainly not a Catholic! I'm also missing the mommy gene, having no kids and not even an iota of interest in having one! But as much as I don't get the whole Catholic thing and the wanting kids thing, I realise and accept that other people are and do... I'm a huge proponent of freedom and as long as your Catholicism and parentism (not a word, I know) is not harming anyone, well, then, have at it!

As usual, I received my issue of People (dated 12 June) with an article entitled "The Good News: You're Pregnant; The Bad News: YOU'RE FIRED!" on page 83. And once again, I am feeling the ire and rage that can only be brought on by religious idiots, in this case the Catholic Church.

A couple in Appleton, Wisconsin tried for five heart-breaking years to have children and after 30 failed pregnancy tests and trying hormones and other methods to have kids, they finally went for broke (literally! - IVF is not a cheap proposition) and went with IVF (invitro fertilization) to have the children that they so badly wanted! And the gods listened to them and now they have twins... two lovely little girls. And the reaction of the parochial school that Kelly worked for? Congratulations and oh, by the way... you're fired!

Apparently, as much as the Church wants you to go forward and procreate, they really don't want you to do it for happiness or out of any other method than "natural conjugal relationships". Ye gods. I knew that the Church was nitpicky and uptight but this is reaching a level that is positively ridiculous.

They are suing and I hope to the heavens that they are completely successful and really stick it to these stupid morons!

Other offenses that have gotten people fired? Here they are:

-- A social studies teacher was fired for fathering a child out of wedlock

-- An unmarried and pregnant woman lost her job for being just that - unmarried and pregnant

-- A woman was asked to leave her job because she volunteered at a local Planned Parenthood

-- A woman in Kentucky was fired for remarrying prior to her annulment being finalized

Gasp! Lock up your daughters, look what these people are doing! Procreating, not using protection against pregnancy, getting married before an annulment goes through and not having abortions. Hmmm. Has the world gone mad?

No, I doubt it. The Church, not really a realistic purveyor of real life among real people, has once again made it abundantly clear that it's their way or the highway, no matter how out-of-date and outmoded its tenets and ideals. Penn & Teller said it: the Church is BULLSHIT!