{"id":54744,"date":"2014-09-16T00:36:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T07:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=54744"},"modified":"2014-12-28T21:06:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T04:06:38","slug":"the-catch-22-cycle-of-life-in-anti-abortion-but-not-prolife-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2014\/09\/the-catch-22-cycle-of-life-in-anti-abortion-but-not-prolife-culture.html","title":{"rendered":"The Catch-22 Cycle of Life in Anti-Abortion-But-Not-Prolife Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A devout Catholic who happens to be low income writes to describe her experience. \u00a0Listen to her:<\/p>\n

May I work outside the home?\u00a0<\/span>
\u2013Noooooo, your place is with your family. Don\u2019t be a dirty feminist.<\/span><\/span>

Okay, may I stay home with my family?\u00a0<\/span>
\u2013Nooooo, not unless your husband is rich, you welfare queen you.\u00a0<\/span>

May I take my children to daily Mass or Adoration?\u00a0<\/span>
\u2013Nooooo, those are places of quiet reflection and you\u2019ll drive the faithful away. Keep the horrible brats where I don\u2019t have to hear them.<\/span>

So, I\u2019m supposed to keep them home and give them no religious education?\u00a0<\/span>
\u2013Noooo, you unfaithful Jezebel. Here are the instructions for the Fruity Pebbles Grotto and a host of other crafts you can do which will kitchily teach your children the Good News of Our Lord and Savior.\u00a0<\/span>

Okay, how am I supposed to pay for these craft supplies? I guess I\u2019ll just put them in daycare for a few hours a week and get a part time j\u2013<\/span>
\u2013*sound of torn garments* Noooooo no no no no! Put your kids in daycare and they\u2019ll be recruited by gay people!!!! THE ONLY APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL CHOICE IS HOMESCHOOLING!!!!! Catholic homeschooling!!! Here\u2019s the Satan Home Study School Official Catalog!!!!<\/span>

But, but, how am I going to pay for this insanely expensive curriculum? That does it, I\u2019m never having kids.\u00a0<\/span>
\u2013Now you show your true colors, you pro-choice person you.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A culture that is unwilling to support families who make the choice to live in accord with church teaching, but instead punishes them for being poor is merely anti-abortion. \u00a0It is not prolife. \u00a0We have let the Five Non-Negotiables morph into the The Only Five Things that Matter and allowed them to become cudgels for beating everything else in Catholic Social teaching as \u201cliberal\u201d. \u00a0It\u2019s time to stop being Cafeteria Catholics and return to being All You Can Eat Catholics.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A devout Catholic who happens to be low income writes to describe her experience. \u00a0Listen to her: May I work outside the home?\u00a0\u2013Noooooo, your place is with your family. 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