When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original … - Olympia Dukakis

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When I went to school, I was in the same mode. I did the things I enjoyed, what I loved

Olympia Dukakis

When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin.

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Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your life but you.

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My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am.

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I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.

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