Recently a Calgary Catholic Teachers Association fundraiser for the Steven Lewis Foundation (SLF- grassroots AIDS awareness and aid) was halted by a Calgary Bishop. The Catholic church objects to the promotion of birth control as a tool to help stem the aids epidemic.
Steven Lewis, a Canadian and a former special envoy for the United Nations, replied that condom use is only one part of his foundation's strategy to combat AIDS. He said his group also promotes abstinence and fidelity — two things that are in line with the beliefs of the Catholic church. "I think the bishop is making a mistake in allowing doctrinal dogma to overtake common sense," Lewis said Friday. "I don't want to get into a stormy brew with the bishop. I just think that's it not really terribly fair. It is in a sense a violation of human rights for the bishop to say to Catholic teachers, you cannot support an organization you want to support."
How much further can the Catholic church push their anti birth control doctrine in the face of progressive AIDS prevention around the world without serious backlash?
The Catholic church thinks it can do anything and it will continue down this path until they face serious backlash. Just think - where would the world be without birth control? Talk about over population, global warming, economic crisis, the list never ends.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me so mad that I can't even put together a response that matches how ludicrous this is.
ReplyDeleteIt’s the 21st century, catch up.
-K
Ridiculous...there will be a huge number of problems (even on a global scale) that would result from this anti birth control doctrine.
ReplyDelete-AC