Oh, that wouldn't be bad at all. It depends, of course, on all those "ifs" happening, though. It might not be good for the Catholic Church to have all that extra money to play around with, either, though.

I am not sure, but my gut tells me if tomorrow the Catholic Church got out of the hospital business, and GAVE away all of its medical assets, in ten years most of the hospitals would be closed. After all, the church injects nearly $100 billion a year into the system. For comparison, the entire government only spends…

I don't know - I guess you are right. But I can tell that I'm from a country with free tertiary healthcare and there are no Catholic hospitals. There are private ones where you can avoid waiting lists for elective surgeries, but for an emergency thing like this? There is no market for this kind of bullcrap. Another…

I don't know what would happen. Like most things, it isn't a neat and tidy issue. Right now, Catholic hospitals do a lot of things for-profit hospitals just don't do. Catholic hospitals are far more likely to offer "alcohol and drug abuse treatment, birthing rooms, breast cancer screening, child and adolescent…

Everyone who wants to learn more about the issues that arise when Catholic Hospitals merge with non-sectarian/non-Catholic hospitals check out http://www.mergerwatch.org

All women are "normal" women. When you pull out one type and say, here — this is what normal looks like, then conversely you're saying that all other body types are abnormal in some way.

Hey concern trolls, shut up. Seriously, just shut the hell up.

Yes, that's exactly what she was saying.

This. I'm used to it because my SO is a giant broad moose of a man and he's always invading my space and claiming it for his own. Strangers are normally nicer than he is about it. As long as you're not whamming me painfully with your elbows/etc. I'm cool!

I appreciate that. And I think that paranoia is a common one, which I think is why I was trying to make my point. So many people assume that any thing a larger person does on a plane is purposely to inconvenience them, so they respond with hostility or make annoyed faces. But most larger people are perpetually scared…

On the video they imply that the airline will differentially charge for large, medium, and small seats. I don't think it's something that would be forced on you against your will. Although, this creates another set of problems entirely...

So before I say anything, please know that 1) I am Catholic, and pro life at that and 2) Afro Latina at that.

Quote the section of this essay where I say "men are jerks."

This isn't a study.

I posted this under another user's comment, but this is another fantastic commercial that will make you sob your eyes out (totally worth it though).

When I was really little I used to play around the burned down house in the woods maybe a mile away from my own home. I don't know if my parents knew that I played there, I was an avid tresspasser and was always off exploring.

I have to post an unpopular dissenting opinion here. As a mother with a little dancer just this age and a former children's theater director I have to say that children like this can be a nightmare. She does not seem like a child so caught up she doesn't realize what's happening, she's obviously seeking attention. The…

Regarding the tights: It might be about uniformity rather than skin tone. When I was in Girl Scouts, I joined a troupe that was also a member of the Boy Scouts and part of it was having perfectly synchronized uniforms when we were in competition/performing (performing what, you ask? DRILL TEAM). I once had to sit out…

Everyone is their fathers child. What is your point?

I assume her husband's name was magically awarded to him at birth by a kind universe? Wait what? It's also his father's name? Yeah just checking.