I have always, for my whole life and to the best of my ability, been the good little Catholic girl. Catholic education, church every week, I even lector. The worst sin I think I ever committed was stealing candy from a grocery store when I was young.
But then something terrible happened. I met a man, we fell in deep, spiritual, life-changing love. We got engaged, we will be married next year. And, unfortunately, we were a little too impatient to wait around until the honeymoon. I'm now 6 months pregnant. Invariably, this has affected my status in my parish. I recieved a letter from my pastor asking me to cease my lectoring until I was in a valid Catholic marriage.
...Marriage? What does marriage have to do with anything to do with it? It will not change the fact that I had sex before marriage, nor will it alter the fact that this child was concieved out of wedlock. We were planning to be married anyway, but can someone explain that logic to me?
2006-07-14
08:04:53
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Robin J. Sky
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