There is an online community for people who wants to be child free. It is a community for couples and singles who opts not to have children! Can we take this as the height of human rights? I saw some postings in their blog about “married childfree catholic”. Marriage is one of the seven sacraments for roman catholics. The marriage ceremony held in the church marks the beginning of the marriage and just a social declaration. The marriage sacrament gets completed only in consummation. Same as, the Eucharistic rite was instituted at the Last Supper and gets completed by the crucifixion and resurrection. The marriage sacrament is so special that, of all the seven sacraments only this can be performed by the stakeholders themselves. As per the Roman doctrine the consummation should be i) natural and ii) should lead to reproduction. If the consummation is done in such a way that either of the above condition is not satisfied ‘intentionally’, then the marriage is not legal! Then how come you can choose to be a “married childfree catholic”?
They claim that they don’t hate kids! Have a look at the website http://childfreechoice.org/