The Pill We Swallowed

From the American Spectator, Tom Bethell on the Pill effect, fertility, wealth, and the future.

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[bonobo]

A particularly poisonous panacea, Pandora's (pill) box!

[Truth Unites... and Divides]

"The pope's answer was both charitable and candid, reflecting the Catholic view that sex outside of marriage and artificial birth control are always wrong.

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"The pope's statement that condoms don't help control the spread of HIV, but rather condoms increase infection rates, is hurting people in the name of Jesus," said Knox in a statement posted on HRC's Website. "On a continent where millions of people are infected with HIV, it is morally reprehensible to spread such blatant falsehoods. The pope's rejection of scientifically proven prevention methods is forcing Catholics in Africa to choose between their faith and the health of their entire community. Jesus was about helping the marginalized and downtrodden, not harming them further."

In December, the church declined to support a U.N. resolution calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality because the resolution also equated all sexual orientations, a provision the church believed could be used to pressure nations into legalizing same-sex marriage.

Knox accused the church in this instance of signaling that violence against homosexuals was acceptable.

"By refusing to sign a basic statement opposing inhumane treatment of LGBT people, the Vatican is sending a message that violence and human rights abuses against LGBT people are acceptable," he wrote.

He called the church's position an "immoral stance in the name of religion."

In 2007, when a Catholic bishop in Wyoming decided a lesbian couple promoting same-sex marriage should not receive communion, Knox accused the church of "insulting" Jesus.

"In this holy Lenten season, it is immoral and insulting to Jesus to use the body and blood of Christ the reconciler as a weapon to silence free speech and demean the love of a committed, legally married couple," Knox said in an HRC statement. He added that the HRC was grieving "over this act of spiritual and emotional violence perpetrated against" the lesbian couple.

[Perhaps these sorts of accusations influenced Archbishop Wuerl to continue to give Holy Communion to pro-abortionist Representative Nancy Pelosi].

Three weeks later, on April 6, President Obama named Knox to his Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships."

Excerpted from Obama's Catholic Basher.

[Truth Unites... and Divides]

From Tom Bethell's article which James Kushiner posted:

"As a social force, the U.S. Catholic bishops have withered away to a shocking extent. Hollywood once respected and feared their opinion. Today, the most highly placed of these bishops are unwilling to publicly rebuke pro-abortion politicians who call themselves Catholic, even when they give scandal by receiving Communion in public. How the mitered have fallen. They daren’t challenge the rich and powerful."

Bethell's remarks bear substance. From Lifesite:

"Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. has stated that he would not deny Holy Communion to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, one of the most notoriously pro-abortion "Catholic" politicians in the U.S., because he says historically "the Church just didn't use Communion" as a "weapon."

In an interview published in a Politics Daily article today, Bishop Wuerl said he disagreed with refraining from giving communion to manifestly pro-abortion politicians, which was equated with "Communion wielded as a weapon." "That's the new way now to make your point," said Wuerl.

"We never - the Church just didn't use Communion this way. It wasn't a part of the way we do things, and it wasn't a way we convinced Catholic politicians to appropriate the faith and live it and apply it; the challenge has always been to convince people.'' On the other hand, sanctioning Catholics tends to alienate them, he said."

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Obama's a radical pro-abortionist. And he hires a Catholic-basher. So what happens? He's awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame. Obama will be smiling and beaming this weekend.

Reminds me of Arafat smiling as he received the Nobel Peace Prize.