[Peace-discuss] The Pope...

[C. G. Estabrook]

As the article points out, church officials have accepted  "condom use for ... 
couples [with an HIV+ spouse] to protect the uninfected spouse from 
transmission."  The pope's remarks will reinforce that opinion.


On 11/20/10 4:40 PM, Corey Mattson wrote:
> Huh...Surprising. Like Carl implies, it looks like the Church can permit 
> condom use when it doesn't directly impede procreation. So tell me if I got 
> the Pope's view wrong: Condoms used to stop diseases are fine, only when the 
> sexual act in which they're used cannot result in pregnancy. This is 
> surprising, since someone opposed to homosexuality could easily argue that 
> allowing for condom use among homosexual males is also promoting sex that does 
> not result in procreation. Like everything coming from the Vatican, it seems a 
> little convoluted.
>
> Corey
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 20, 2010, at 1:56 PM, "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu 
> <mailto:galliher at illinois.edu>> wrote:
>
>> ...was making the fairly obvious point that it's better not to risk the 
>> spread of disease.
>>
>> His comment attracts notice only because earlier popes had disapproved of 
>> condoms for birth control.
>>
>> I think it's fair to say that the pope doesn't approve of homosexual acts 
>> among adult males.
>>
>> On 11/20/10 1:32 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>>> Omg, color me shocked reading the Pope's stance on the use of condoms for 
>>> male prostitutes until I realized that once again, this benefits ONLY males 
>>> (double duty this time, ya might say). So the pope is okay w/ homosexuality 
>>> so long as it's limited to ADULT males?? Any chance that the Christian right 
>>> and tea-baggers will follow suit, do ya suppose??
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101120/ap_on_re_eu/eu_pope_condoms
>>>  --Jenifer
>>>
>>>
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