Well?

[Lady Sidhe]

Originally posted by ladysycamore


Hm...ok. I guess my questions would be: what kind of counselors would be helping these couples? Would it be "faith based" and unbiased? If the focus will be on low income families, will there be adequate funding to assist them in their financial needs?

PLus, I just don't completely believe this will be only for those who are already married or are thinking about it. I feel it's a precursor for those of us who are not married (yet), or for those who do not want to be married, no matter what. Some people are just.not.marriage.material, and to try to convince those people otherwise, IMO, is wrong (just like society tries to convince people to procreate...not everyone is cut out to be parents).

So, that's my take on it.

I haven't been able to find out whether or not the would be "faith based" counselors or not.

And all I'm doing is reporting what I read insofar as who the counseling is to be meant for (those who are married, thinking of being married, and low-income). From what they said, they're not going to try to convince people to get married. Supposedly it's aimed at those groups who are low-income/married, low-income/thinking of getting married only.

And I definitely agree with the idea that not everyone is cut out to be parents...take a girl my best friend knows:
She's a crack and meth addict who spends most of her time in jail (she's in jail now, and pregnant); two of her children died due to complications from the drugs she abused while pregnant (one died in utero, the other after birth). She has five boys, none of which she has custody of, and said she was going to KEEP having babies until she had a girl.
Well, the one she's pregnant with now is a girl, and the doctors say that it will probably die also, because she used drugs until she got busted and sent to jail a few months ago (she's pretty well along). IMO, this girl, and people like her, should be sterilized.

A friend of mine was a crack baby, and she's had many health problems over the years. She also cannot have children of her own due to female complications from her birth mother's (she was adopted as a baby) crack use.


Sidhe