CNN just said that the Pope has told pharmacists not to fill perscriptions

[Ilsa]

for "immoral purposes." I wonder if he is talking about antibiotics meds and hepatitis vaxes for a priest who just raped a sick kid? I agree, that would be immoral, IMO.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. In that case I hope the doctors stop giving him his heart medicine.

[Chovexani]

14. He takes heart medicine?

That would require him to have a heart in the first place.

[depakid]

17. Touché

Maybe robo-Catholics ought to just get out of that profession.

[liberalnurse]

31. No more doxycycline for gonorrhea!

:scared:

[Rex]

2. Only God can beat the Superbug.

Series.

[Exultant Democracy]

32. and garlic

[Pool Hall Ace]

3. So no boner drugs for men who are not married?

Or does he just mean no birth control pills or morning after pills?

[Mad_Dem_X]

49. Of course not!

Men can get all the boner drugs they want; it's the women who are "immmoral," don'tcha know. :sarcasm:

[mtnester]

4. I myself just called St. Peter

and told him to make sure that this Pope is given a warm table.

[DesertRat]

5. Not exactly

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholic pharmacists on Monday to use conscientious objection to avoid dispensing drugs with “immoral purposes such as, for example, abortion or euthanasia.”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20071029-1125-pope-prescriptions.html

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. YES exactly

They equate birth control with abortion.

[DesertRat]

11. I saw the report

He was not referring to birth control pills OR as the OP said "antibiotics meds and hepatitis vaxes".

[Ilsa]

15. "I wonder if he is talking about antibiotics ..." I wonder...

[DesertRat]

19. I wonder

what your motive is. I wonder.

[Ilsa]

24. I just don't like men telling professionals how to treat women's health issues.

There are things Pope Benedict can say that I appreciate. This was not one of them.

[DesertRat]

29. I can understand that

But he was also talking about euthanasia.

[Ilsa]

12. Your point is taken, and my story was sloppy. But

the "conscientious objection is probably derived from church teachings and papal encyclicals.

[fasttense]

25. And Viagra for unmarried men like Rush Limpball? n/t

[REP]

50. What about "Immoral" secondary effects?

There are quite a few drugs that can cause spontaneous abortion if taken in early pregnancy, including some common migraine medicines. Should women of childbearing age get their priests' permission to take the medicines prescribed by a medical professional?

How about this: Let's leave Catholicism to the Pope and medicine to doctors.

[zabet]

6. He was

probably referring to birth control pills.

[Ilsa]

9. And "morning after" pills for those who know they have a failure of

contraception and don't want to get pregnant and have to have an abortion.

[DesertFlower]

8. is the catholic church

going to support all those children that will be born?

the same goes for these conservative repubs who are pro-life. are they going to give any of their hard earned money for these unwanted children?

[Horse with no Name]

10. They're too busy paying off all the kids that have been molested

by their Priests. Priorities, don't you know.

[Ilsa]

13. Exactly. I think the diocese in San Diego had to file

bankruptcy because of a court award to a victim.

[Horse with no Name]

23. I remember hearing about the Dallas diocese having to sell off

donated assets.

[DesertFlower]

21. you know what's really sad.

i was raised a catholic -- catholic school, the whole bit. if i were molested by a priest and i told my mother, she would have called me a liar and said "how could you say something like that about a priest"?

[NanceGreggs]

30. Same situatuon here ...

... and it's something I've thought about so often.

Not only would my mother NEVER have believed me, I would have been treated as an outcast by my entire strict Catholic family for having suggested such a thing.

I wonder how many people, now adults, STILL haven't come forward for the same reason.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. This pope will turn people from the Church, I swear he will

and the sad part is... he does not even realize it

[frebrd]

37. I certainly hope so...

The more, the better!

[Beelzebud]

18. Religion is poison.

[DesertFlower]

22. i don't want to insult anyone

who's religious, but i'm much happier since i've become an atheist.

[progressoid]

33. You can't be happier.

If you are an atheist, you probably belong to the Angry Atheist Coalition, so you are expected to be insulting and angry. No happiness for you!

I saw it on that Catholic Channel on TV; EWTN.

Welcome to DU!

[DesertFlower]

34. that's too funny.

:rofl:

[Beelzebud]

42. I hear that. Welcome to DU!

[finecraft]

20. Maybe we need to open "Pope endorsed" pharmacies

Let the free market decide. :sarcasm: If the pharmacist has a problem with dispensing drugs prescribed by a doctor, maybe the pharmacist needs to become an electrician instead. I'm sure there are plenty of other jobs available for him in this time of great economic expansion and opportunity. double :sarcasm:

[Toots]

26. Judge NOT lest ye be Judged

Do they ever acknowledge anything Jesus ever said or did?

[NC_Nurse]

27. I hope he's talking about the Viagra for Rush.

[Lex]

28. That's one good place to start.

:puke:

[flyarm]

35. why is any pope more concerned about a womans body but doesn't give a shit

how many children his priests abuse..where is the out rage world wide about the child abuse..but supposedly catholics get their shorts in a wad over what others do with their body that is legal???????

why do catholics hate women??????

why do catholics hate children and look the other way at child abuse??????? and cover up for the sick sob's who call themselves priests????????

i am sick of catholics! and all their pious bullshit!

oh and i was raised catholic but choose not to observe the catholic religion.

fly

[flyarm]

36. this pope was a "brownshirt " for Hitler..that's all i need to know about him!

he could have been in the underground railroad saving lives..but noooooooooo he was a sick brownshirt..that is enough said for me!

fly

[rockymountaindem]

44. That's not true

He was in the Hitler Youth at the end of the war when I was about 14 or something.

[flyarm]

48. you are correct..hitler youth..

here are a few things i have kept in my files..since this man was made pope..

Jungvolk Oath (taken by ten-year-old boys on first entering the Hitler Youth)

"In the presence of this blood banner which represents our Führer, I swear to devote all my energies and my strength to the saviour of our country, Adolf Hitler. I am willing and ready to give up my life for him, so help me God."

Pledge of Allegiance

"I promise to do my duty in love and loyalty to the Führer and our flag."

Hitler Youth 'Prayers' (modeled after the Lord's Prayer)

"Adolf Hitler, you are our great Führer. Thy name makes the enemy tremble. Thy Third Reich comes, thy will alone is law upon the earth. Let us hear daily thy voice and order us by thy leadership, for we will obey to the end and even with our lives. We praise thee! Heil Hitler!"

"Führer, my Führer, give me by God. Protect and preserve my life for long. You saved Germany in time of need. I thank you for my daily bread. Be with me for a long time, do not leave me, Führer, my Führer, my faith, my light, Hail to my Führer!"



thanks for correcting me..the brownshirts remind me of Blackwater...they were vicious and Hitlers private army!!
fly

[The Backlash Cometh]

38. The pope, and his predecessors, are the main reason why HIV is spreading

today. Shame on them all for spreading ignorance.

[KaptBunnyPants]

39. Anyone who cannot perform their job for moral reasons should lose it.

This isn't hard.

[mondo joe]

40. That's fine. If you can't perform your job functions because of your moral choices you can

always look for a different job.

[Disturbed]

41. This pope is such an asshole.

Catholics go along with this shit?

[mondo joe]

45. I dunno. Although in some ways I think Catholicism is one of the more humane

manifestations of Christianity, I also think a good person would have to manage a lot of mental acrobatics to stay in it.

[Forkboy]

43. To quote a song my friend did years ago...

"Fuck the Pope!"

[Matariki]

46. Breaking: Pope Makes Catholicism Even More Irrelevant Than It Already Is.

[Matariki]

47. ps

my apologies to any practicing Catholics.

[MzNov]

51. Walgreens can go back to refusing women their birth control pills then?

This is just insanity. Get the Pope out of U.S. politics!


:grr: