Unmarried Catholic school teacher has baby

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IThis baby is the product of sin, whether you like it or not. Without the sin of fornication, that baby would not have existed. That is a theologically sound FACT. That being said, this baby is still precious in God’s Eyes, and a human of equal dignity as all other humans are. That fact, however, sends an even stronger message to the children that wonderful things come out of rebelling against God, a message that should NEVER be sent to innocent children.

i don’t think it necessarily follows that a “wonderful” message is being sent the children. That depends on who speaks to them and about what, concerning fornication. There are myriad reasons why its not good to fornicate and have children without being married… No one has to think too hard to come up with them… I agree with most of what you say but i don’t think someone should be fired for making a mistake. If the person stays in the mistake (co habits) then, yes, she should be fired. But i don’t think she should be fired just for having a baby without being married.

The whole, “let’s make this a teachable moment,” presupposes a unified view and awareness among the students’ parents, which is highly improbable in this scenario.

i don’t see where the unification or lack thereof of the parents’ beliefs makes much of a difference… I think the children should be spoken to by a priest… and by their parents… as to why fornication is NEVER OK… Now that i think about it, maybe the schools should have those who have suffered from the consequences of fornication visit the schools and talk to the children/adolescents about the issue… then they will know first hand why its so bad…

. Besides, if you want to show children the adverse results of fornication, there are far more effective examples to use than happy school teachers who are proud of their babies.

just because a woman is proud of her (illigitimate) child does NOT mean her life is easy or that she doesn’t have regrets (etc)… raising children alone is the hardest job in the world… and sometimes a person doing so can feel very trapped… (among other feelings…)…

I feel you are, generally speaking, being too hard on this person…

Abortion isn’t even the issue here.

Yes it is… because the fact she has a baby shows she did not give in to society’s anti-child (“children are a punishment”) mentality… or simple selfishness or wahtever… giving her “the boot” as you call it (etc) would sned the children the message that maybe abortion is not such a bad way out after all…