lol, I wasn't talking about rebelarcher,, that's a funny coincidence


I meant 'rebels' as in people who seek to try to disrupt and upset things

I agree. I did not apply, a few years ago, to a protestant Christian College because I read the employee conduct agreement and realized that since I drink alcohol, wear make up and sometimes go dancing I probably could not abide by the conduct agreement.

Maybe I should have taken the job and then sued them after a boisterous few nights out...lol

you don;t have to agree with the church, and that's fine, but don;t work there...pretty simple

pregnancy is not an escape clause from termination when one violates terms of employment

its about business as well as 'compassion'

i could understand it if it was a drunken night out and she got fired, but this is a single, unwed soon to be mom... the Catholics lack of compassion really infuriates me... like all the religious folk were preaching in the abortion thread, it's not the babies fault... but it's paying the price for it's mothers stress on this matter...and the Catholics seem they could care less... nice religious attitude they have...

Catholics think as individuals just like everyone else and most likely as many agree with you on this as do not.

The churches "official position" is not going to represent all Catholics (even tho they want it to)

Abortion is not the issue here. I don;t care if an unmarried woman gets prego....and i doubt any of my Catholic friends do either. i am just saying that it is likely this woman knew she was violating her conduct agreement that she AGREED to when accepting employment.

Folks, there are two issues being discussed in this thread.

One is the contract issue. People here pretty much agree that the woman had a duty to abide by her employment contract if she signed it.

The other issue is the morality of a religious organization prohibiting a single woman from becoming pregnant through in vitro fertilization.

Regarding the second issue, I agree with mightymoe. Nowhere does the Bible prohibit a single woman from becoming pregnant through in vitro fertilization. Thus, there is no reason to claim that the pregnant woman did something biblically immoral.

Alas, the woman has been judged by Roman Catholic standards, which aren't always identical to biblical standards.

yea, so i've been hearing... it's not about the woman, it's about the churches bad attitude... not a christian thing to do...

Folks, there are two issues being discussed in this thread.

One is the contract issue. People here pretty much agree that the woman had a duty to abide by her employment contract if she signed it.

The other issue is the morality of a religious organization prohibiting a single woman from becoming pregnant through in vitro fertilization.

Regarding the second issue, I agree with mightymoe. Nowhere does the Bible prohibit a single woman from becoming pregnant through in vitro fertilization. Thus, there is no reason to claim that the pregnant woman did something biblically immoral.

Alas, the woman has been judged by Roman Catholic standards, which aren't always identical to biblical standards.