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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (71597)	8/5/2003 9:25:32 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

In itself, it is inferior to be childless, yes, which is why, for example, among those with a religious vocation, it is taken to be a sacrifice. Obviously, in the world we live in, it is no big deal if someone is homosexual or childless. In determining what is normal, though, the thought experiment is unassailable. In respect of the choice to have children, it is, indeed, in society's interest to encourage procreation, although there is no particular reason to stigmatize childlessness.