[annalex]

Chapter and verse for what? What I say is common sense.

it may have been superfluous for her, what about Joseph? Her having sex wasn't all about her and her needs

What goes for Mary, goes for Joseph too. He is her husband; whqt they do, or rather don't do, they do together.

She would also be disobeying God's command to be fruitful and multiply

Riiight. Christ alone kinda feels not fruitful enough.

[smvoice]

I think the reason it is so important for Mary to have remained a virgin, is because, according to mlizzy, on another thread, The Holy Spirit is her husband. Oh, mzlizzy, where are you that you can expound on this?

And if she won't answer, then annalex, is this true? Does the RCC teach that Mary's husband is the Holy Spirit? If so, this would answer the question as to WHY it is so important to RCs that she maintain her virginity after the birth of Christ.