Pope: Condoms Not The Answer In AIDS Fight

[Strong Atheist]

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ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Pope Benedict XVI said on his way to Africa Tuesday that condoms were not the answer in the continent's fight against HIV, his first explicit statement on an issue that has divided even clergy working with AIDS patients.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/17/170919/pope-condoms-not-answer-aids-fight/

[YOY]

1. YOY: Still not coming back to the church with shit like that being said by people who don't fuck.

n/t

[babylonsister]

2. He also encouraged abstinence. Has that ever worked, for anyone?

The Pope seems so outdated to me. Not knocking any religion, but they need to get with the program.

[JerseygirlCT]

5. It definitely doesn't work for all the women in Africa

who find themselves infected after basically being raped by their philandering husbands...

This is yet another terribly, tragically immoral stance by the Vatican.

[Goblinmonger]

3. Goblinmonger: Still miffed that progressives continue to give their support

to this fucked up organization when there are so many better options out there.

[ZombieHorde]

8. Come on, its not like they spend millions of dollars keeping child molesters on the streets.

Oh wait, never mind.

[applegrove]

4. It is the only thing that will keep millions of people from catching aids. The pope pretends

the people have a choice to be abstinent. Many don't. And many marry an older man for economic reasons. How do you avoid aids then? A condom.

[Neo Atheist]

6. Pope: Sharing needles displays charity instead of waste

start sharing needles heroin addicts!

[saltpoint]

7. The Pope could use a conversation with Dr. Ruth.

[sakabatou]

9. The stupid! IT BURNS!

[EvolveOrConvolve]

10. Out of all the people in the world

this is the man that the Catholic church decided was the most qualified?

The ignorance is stunning.