Cardinal: Condoms 'Lesser Evil' to Prevent AIDS

madeline_con

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Sat Apr-22-06 01:57 PM
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Cardinal: Condoms 'Lesser Evil' to Prevent AIDS

VATICAN CITY (1010 WINS) -- A senior cardinal who was considered for the papacy last year said in comments published Friday that the Roman Catholic Church should soften its ban on condoms because of the scourge of AIDS.

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... Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan of Mexico, who has said condoms could sometimes be condoned, such as when a woman cannot refuse the sexual advances of her HIV-positive husband.

http://www.1010wins.com/pages/27715.php?

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TheFarseer

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Sat Apr-22-06 02:02 PM
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1. I saw that yesterday and considered posting it

Gee, Aids is worse than condoms?! Are you sure?

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BayCityProgressive

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Sat Apr-22-06 02:06 PM
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2. LOL

pathetic that it has taken this long but I am happy for any move forward no matter how incremental.

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Sat Apr-22-06 02:11 PM
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3. no, aids BY RAPE -- MIGHT -- be worse than condoms

"when a woman can't refuse the advances of her hiv-positive husband" i.e., marital rape.

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madeline_con

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Sat Apr-22-06 02:15 PM
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4. It's her "DUTY" to put up with his "advances", isn't it?

:puke:

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Mythsaje

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Sat Apr-22-06 02:16 PM
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5. I don't think the Church makes a distinction there...

A woman is obligated to "put out" according to doctrine as I understand it.

It's not rape to take something to which you're entitled. :sarcasm:

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MADem

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Sat Apr-22-06 02:23 PM
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7. That line about the woman who cannot refuse her husband floored me!

Jesus Christ on a moped, where do they get these clowns?

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Sinti

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Sat Apr-22-06 02:17 PM
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6. Score one for life!

:party:

In another 100 years, who knows where we may be.

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HockeyMom

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Sat Apr-22-06 02:45 PM
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8. If a woman has a HIV Positive husband (HOW did he get that way?)

who is raping her, I say kick the bastard out and get a DIVORCE - Catholic Church "married for life" crap or not.

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rurallib

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Sat Apr-22-06 03:26 PM
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9. Back up the excommunication wagon - we got a blasphemer!

Always fells good when a prince of the church comes to the darkside. Condoms are Satan's tools. Nuff said.

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applegrove

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Sat Apr-22-06 06:09 PM
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10. Welcome to the new millenium... no not the first millenium. Or the second.

Welcome to the third one!!

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Dogmudgeon

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Sun Apr-23-06 08:18 AM
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11. Okay, folks, get a grip ...

A Catholic woman is, indeed, allowed to "refuse the advances" of her husband.

Cardinal Barragan was trying to avoid saying "rape".

He was also trying to avoid saying, "if you're gonna screw, kids, use a freakin' condom".

And chances are he's going to catch holy hell for this, although Benedict is turning out to be a lot less fascistic than I initially thought.

"Joey Rats" might just surprise us again.

--p!

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