[linda_22003]

"So you're saying that by disagreeing with your position on this issue, I'm being "judgmental" and that's disrespectful. Is that it?"

Here's the difference:

"I think you're missing a great experience by not having children." (disagreement)
"Deciding not to have children is wrong." (judgment)

[Antoninus]

"I think you're missing a great experience by not having children." (disagreement)
"Deciding not to have children is wrong." (judgment)

So now we're down to semantics, eh? The least you can do is not misrepresent my opinion, which would be more accurately described as follows:

"Deciding not to have children for purely selfish reasons is wrong."

And is this statement any more 'judgmental' than the following?

"Burning the American flag is wrong."

"Protesting at soldiers' funerals is wrong."

"Voting for John Kerry is wrong."

Seems to me that we all do an awful lot of 'judging' around here.