Church groups and parishes in the Indian state of Kerala have aired concerns about the dwindling numbers of Christians there.
Get this. They've begun offering incentives to couples who produce more children in the wake of a report submitted to Kerala's chief minister proposed imposing a "strict" two-child policy. One church of the Syro-Malabar denomination in Kerala's Wayanad district has offered 10,000 rupees ($200) for a couple's fifth child.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15219950
I'm appalled. Kerala is one of the poorest regions of India and its land is nearly three times as densely settled as the rest of the country. This two-child policy to reduce the birth rate was taken on by choice instead of force and it is working, and Christians groups just have to go and screw things up. Bloody typical.
I for one would hate to know I was born into this world simply because of the meddling of some Christian denomination. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "Sanctity of life" doesn't it? >.>
Get this. They've begun offering incentives to couples who produce more children in the wake of a report submitted to Kerala's chief minister proposed imposing a "strict" two-child policy. One church of the Syro-Malabar denomination in Kerala's Wayanad district has offered 10,000 rupees ($200) for a couple's fifth child.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15219950
I'm appalled. Kerala is one of the poorest regions of India and its land is nearly three times as densely settled as the rest of the country. This two-child policy to reduce the birth rate was taken on by choice instead of force and it is working, and Christians groups just have to go and screw things up. Bloody typical.
I for one would hate to know I was born into this world simply because of the meddling of some Christian denomination. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "Sanctity of life" doesn't it? >.>
