[Theo]

Her baby is a bastard. That's what's sad.

Are you serious? You think single motherhood is ideal?

[Ramius]

Her baby is a bastard. That's what's sad.

Shoulda' killed it then. Maybe you'd find that less sad.

[lara]

Her baby is a precious little baby. God doesn't make mistakes. Sure hope you were being sarcastic. Single motherhood isn't ideal, but it's a heck of a lot better than killing the baby.

[Chanticleer]

I wish the folks around here would refrain from using the word bastard to refer to a child.

Yes, it technically means "illegitimate." And gay means "bright and pleasant". Do you go around wishing people a gay Christmas? Most of the time, when someone calls another person a bastard, he is not not referring to his parentage.

Single motherhood is not ideal, and sin is still sin. But labeling a baby with a derogatory name is just cruel and senseless. As for the mother and father, they may have sinned, but few people have been won to Christ or moved to repentence by being bludgeoned by mean-spirited Christians.

[Stone Mountain]

Her baby is a bastard. That's what's sad.

Also sad are people who would call an innocent baby a bastard or any other pejorative. Haven't we progressed to the point where we don't call someone names due to circumstances they had no control over?