common sense from a super model

Giselle Bundchen said a mouthful when she criticized the Roman Catholic church's opposition to condom use.

First this:

To prohibit condoms is ridiculous, just think of all the diseases transmitted without them.

Then this:

How is it possible to not want to people to use condoms and also not have abortions? It's impossible, I'm sorry.

So says a supermodel. She is right, it is impossible. That does not stop them from trying though. The Catholic Church in Kenya  made this astounding statement two days ago.

This is why the Church encourages everyone to live an integral sexuality which means behaving responsibly towards others and oneself," the Catholic Secretariat wrote. "Therefore, the Church does not promote the use of condoms as protection against AIDS because sexual intercourse is for the married alone, and using a condom does not make it right in other situations."

So... the only way to fight AIDS is to marry virgins. I'll take Giselle's position over this idiocy every time.

I have often wondered why it is that the Pope does not say, condom use is recommended to stop the spread of disease and is not considered birth control in this context. How many lives could be saved?

I'll hold my breath. Meanwhile, women in Africa are pissed because they are the ones dying.

Aids continues to claim lives and majority of its victims are women who are at a greater risk of HIV infection because of their physiology and limited bargaining power on safe sex. Because of the inequality in power relations, a woman cannot negotiate with her husband over condom use even if he is infected or has multiple sexual partners.

Reality always gets in the way of the make believe world of our religious leaders. Women want condoms to protect themselves because their husbands step out on them. It happens the world over. Reality dictates we find a way to help these people, not give them a lecture.

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