People hate the Church. Many don’t. But of those who do, many hate the rules and regs. Whatever makes people think its preferable to hate the church for being discriminatory in discouraging out of wedlock sex, to the alternative, girls having marital relations and children with a guy who has to be chased by the law to give her money, seems destructive to me in so many ways
And as bad as it is to imagine burying babies in such an indignities manner, people really could take a moment away from focusing on their criticism of the church and go to their neighborhood planned parenthood clinic that their own tax money currently supports and find out what kind of lack of dignity those babies are getting , especially if tgey think the Church is so bad
All the DNA testing in the world doesn’t help that situation.
Maybe the moms could treat their potential babies with dignity and just wait till marriage, and to a good provider
I know- judgmental
Well - it isn’t “either” - “or”
And while I agree everyone should be encouraged to wed prior to having children - I have never seen where the Church officially teaches that unwed mothers should abandon their babies - it doesn’t.
I’ve never seen Church teaching that states babies with unwed parents should be warehoused away from the rest of society - it doesn’t.
Boys should be taught there are consequences too.
If they refuse to be responsible and be a real father - they SHOULD have to contribute financial support.
Is this ideal? No.
Is it preferable to stashing babies away in a “Home” ....yes, I think so.