I am with you Kerry and Natalie,

Diversity is great, its what gives us character. We really do have more similarities than differences. It is a shame that the people in the right positions cant figure it out.

I just wanted to clarify something Ryn said about the Italian Catholic getting a divorce. They would have been granted an anulment, not a divorce, a divorce is a civil proceeding which is not recognised by the church. If "he was denying her the right to have a baby" then that would be grounds for an anulment. One of the vows Catholics take before God when they marry is that they will accept children freely and willingly as a gift from God, so to deny your spouse that is breaking a marriage vow before God.

Only Rome (the Pope) can grant an anulment and they take a long time to get. An anulment is different to a divorce as it means that technically the marriage never really existed. This would be the case if this vow was not kept. It has absolutely nothing to do with breastfeeding but I am really enjoying reading this thread and learning more about different faiths and cultures.