Author Topic: single men (Read 4257 times)

crossbro · « **Reply #20 on:** March 27, 2014, 11:55:25 AM »

Reminds of a couple years ago when the NORCC came out with the catechism for driving which I felt and still do was one of the stupidest things I have ever experienced in my life.

How about a catechism for the clergy on the topic of child molesting ?

I don't think we definitively need a Church teaching on adoption, I think the practical and moral issues on the topic are plain without a manifesto on it.

Sigismund · « **Reply #21 on:** March 27, 2014, 06:38:56 PM »

Quote from: Matthew

Also -- a mother isn't any more dispensable than a father. A child needs *both* equally. We're talking about God's design for the family.

If a man wants a family, he wants marriage. If he seems to want one but not the other, he has other issues that should be looked into and addressed.

Certainly a child needs both, but we don't always get everything we need. A suitable single man is far better than a child ending up in a group home or bouncing from foster home to foster home.

And lest anyone think I am disparaging foster parents, my daughter and son-in-law are foster parents. and I have a foster parent license so I can help take care of their foster children.

Mithrandylan · « **Reply #22 on:** March 27, 2014, 07:26:25 PM »

I suspect the OP is the same person who has an infatuation with Josephite marriages.

I can't believe that there is more than one traditional Catholic who wants to enjoy certain benefits of marriage without involving a woman.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2014, 07:39:23 PM »

I think this question is too complex to answer generically.

I would like to make the point, though, that when you're comparing a child being adoped by a single parent vs. living in a group home, in this country you'd likely be talking about a child who is difficult for the agencies to place. Perhaps they're older or have serious medical problems.

Given the OP's motivations including care in old age, I don't think "high need" is the sort of adoption he has in mind.

Sigismund · « **Reply #24 on:** March 27, 2014, 08:18:18 PM »

That is true. Therapeutic foster care is better than any group home I know of, even the relatively good one.

Author Topic: single men (Read 4257 times)

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