Pope Says Condom Use Will Worsen AIDS Crisis in Africa
On route to his first visit to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI told a group of reporters that condoms aren't the answer to stopping the troubled continent's AIDS epidemic. The statement marked the first time the pope has made explicit his views on condom use, a highly controversial issue both within and outside of the Catholic Church. His position is essentially a continuation of his predecessor Pope John Paul II's stance on contraception.
When asked how Africa can stem the tide of an AIDS crisis that's ravaged Africa, the pope said "You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, it increases the
problem."
He went on to say that condom distribution only encourages sexual promiscuity and that abstinence and moral responsibility would do far more to combat the disease.
According to UNAIDS, over 20 million people in Africa are infected with
HIV, amounting to about three-quarters of worldwide AIDS deaths.
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Dear Mr. Ratzinger (also know as Benny Hex),
As the leader of the largest pedophilia institute in the world, you must be painfully aware that abstinence does not work. (Painfully only because of the church's failure to keep its dirty laundry in its closets).
The only conclusion I can make from your claim that abstinence works is that your clergy live by a different morality than what you want to impose on the rest of the world.
If you were the CEO of a day care center, you would get more years in prison than Bernie Madoff and absolutely no one in the world would take your statements seriously.
Your stance against condoms contributes to the death of 1.6 million Africans of Aids each year. That is 1.5 "nine-elevens" each and every day for years and years with no end in sight.
If you believe in justice for all, have at least the decency to turn yourself in at the international court of justice in Den Hague and like Madoff plead guilty to all charges.
PS. Your successor could always accelerate your path to sainthood. That would be consistent with church tradition.
You may believe anything you want in the privacy of your own home but stop imposing your views on the world, especially since many are not educated enough to see through your smoke screen.
A citizen of the universe.