[honeygrl]

Of course condoms can fail. But a 10% chance of getting AIDS or risking pregnancy and baby born with AIDS is better than a 100% chance. Here in the US, where AIDS isn't as huge of a problem, go ahead and promote abstinence. That's fine with me. Promote it in Africa too. BUT telling them flat out that a condom is *going* to fail and for them not to use one is not good.

[Unam Sanctam]

Please cite one actual quote, rather than a tendentious journalist, where the Church said that condom use IS GOING to fail. All they have said is that they are not foolproof. THAT IS A FACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are deliberately and maliciously twisting the facts to fit YOUR agenda. And if the Church is going to be accused of murder of those who sadly contract AIDS, then if 10% of the people engage in sex and die as a result of your telling to take a chance on a condom, why are YOU not in part responsible for the murder of those individuals?

[narses]

If you only want to have sex ONCE, is a 10% chance of a fatal illness worth it? In a 10% failure rate environment, how often must one have sex before you are likely to die? 10 times? 100 times? And how will you expect poor african truck drivers to ALWAYS correctly use pristine and undamaged condoms?

The Vatican promotes an honest, life giving, moral approach. The medical-industrial establishment promotes a profit driven culture of death.