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"Birth Control Is Selfish" ... The Message Society Doesn't Want To Hear
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Posted on 05/25/2006 9:14:50 PM PDT by nrfcmedia

"Birth Control Is Selfish" ... The Message Society Doesn't Want To Hear

This past weekend graduates of Saint Thomas University were treated to a surprising speech by 21-year-old graduating student Ben Kessler. Some graduates walked out, many jeered, and others spewed profanities in response to his speech.

Just what did he speak of which caused such an outcry? The War in Iraq? Border control? NSA spying? None of the above.

So, what exactly did Mr. Kessler do wrong? He touched society's third rail: contraception. Mr. Kessler had the audacity to call the use of birth control "an act of selfishness."

One would have expected some encouraging applause from the audience, after all St. Thomas is a Catholic institution. The reality is that many of these Catholic students and family members are themselves using contraception, and Mr. Kessler confronted their lifestyle and the use of contraception.

Mr. Kessler dared to speak about this issue and people didn't want to hear his message. What happened to the exchange of ideas universities are famous for? Where were all of the supposed "open minds" at during this speech? Instead of listening to his speech with an open mind, it seems that they were too busy keeping themselves ignorant by jeering and ridiculing him.

Society has a lust affair with birth control to the point of not being able to think outside of the box. We live in a contraception "matrix" where it's impossible to believe that there are any harmful effects on marriage, society, and the health of women.

This "contraception deception" is the primary force behind the attacks against the contra-contraception message.

For the most part, society doesn't want to hear the message. This message is that, in our culture, contraception leads to increases in abortion, teenage sex, affairs (and subsequent divorce), health problems, and statutory rape. These facts are apparent by simply comparing statistics.

Why are people willfully preserving their ignorance? For the past century, people have lived in a society that endorses the practice of a contraceptive lifestyle of easy, commitment free, and on-demand sex without challenging them to question possible adverse effects.

Mr. Kessler could have spoke about the start of a career, the discernment of a vocation, the undertaking of new responsibilities, or many other subjects related to graduation. But hopefully his bold message will help to his classmates to question the force-fed information they have heard all their lives concerning human sexuality and contraception and arrive at a more natural, healthier view of human sexuality.

The contraception debate is long overdue, and it is people like Mr. Kessler who are breaking down the walls of ignorance, selfishness, and deception. Society may be resistant to this message, but over time the truth will prevail.


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To: nrfcmedia

'Social sciences' changes according to time and place. In the past, reducing (or at least limiting) number of population was seen as condition for development for 2 reasons: (1) there would be less people to be fed, and (2) people would go for quality. But, more recently the demographers and other social scientists start to see the impact of low birth rates (or negative population growth) in developed countries, so they are trying to find ways to increase the growth. So far, what they come up with is offering a generous benefit for family. However, most develop countries do not want to 'discriminate' their population, so in many cases, those immigrants, etc., are the ones who reap the benefits.


41 posted on 05/25/2006 9:50:48 PM PDT by paudio
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To: Pyro7480
The above came across as "condescending and arrogant."

Only to somebody who thinks a 21-year old is wise.

42 posted on 05/25/2006 9:50:54 PM PDT by sinkspur ( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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To: Antoninus
How about "Life is good. Sterility is bad." Does that work for you?

Oh that's fine*. Unfortunately, it's not what youn posted.

*of course, you are assuming that everyone wants children.

43 posted on 05/25/2006 9:50:58 PM PDT by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: peyton randolph
Kessler was talking about Minnesota and hypocrites who claim to be faithful Catholics. Why are you talking about Mexico?
44 posted on 05/25/2006 9:52:32 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: peyton randolph
"Take a look at the poor women with 6+ kids they can't feed because The Church condemns contraception"

Yeah, because Mexico shouldn't even bother to improve itself economically or reform it's country with a real market economy. Funny how countries don't have to worry about that sort of stuff when they've got their priorities in order.

And these people are Catholic...that's their religious belief. Tell me, what religeous beliefs do you have? I'm sure I can find something to rip on...
45 posted on 05/25/2006 9:53:33 PM PDT by DesScorp
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To: goodnesswins

"WHY not? It was a Catholic College.....and the next step for these graduates are ..... jobs....and FAMILIES.....IF they choose the best path."

The graduation belonged to all the graduates and their families...not just to this one man.

The fact that he is right about this particular topic does not give him the right to hijack everyone's graduation ceremony.


46 posted on 05/25/2006 9:53:43 PM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Antoninus
The most effective and holy priests I've ever seen were the ones who preached the Truth with neither fear nor pretense.

Like the newly-ordained priest I heard several years ago who, on the occasion of preaching to a First Communion class, spent the entire homily yelling at the parents about abortion.

His pastor (whom I know well) told him to never preach about abortion again, or he'd be forbidden from preaching.

48 posted on 05/25/2006 9:54:18 PM PDT by sinkspur ( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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To: sinkspur

You medant the kind of priest who actually tells his congrehation that birth control is morally wrong? Well, your're right. Haven't heard that from any priests in the Fort Worth diocese.


49 posted on 05/25/2006 9:55:25 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: Torie; sinkspur
You might not like it, but very few indeed, will favor any legislation that restricts or impairs the right of couples to choose the size of their own families by restricting access to contraception, putting aside abortion, but even there, a decisive majority is not in favor of making abortion illegal in the first trimester, and that will not change.

That's a heck of a sentence. Who's calling for legislation? Not this speaker. Abortion is evil. Artificial contraception is evil. No percentage you can achieve on an opinion poll or vote in the US Senate can change that. Nations that embrace these evils will pay in the long run. A quick glance at Europe should be enough to demonstrate that, even now.

Something like 80% of Catholics in the US use conception these days. That is obvious from the family size numbers.

There is never a shortage of sinners in the world, and many if not most Catholic bishops and priest have done a remarkably poor job teaching Catholics on this issue over the past 40 years. Call it "sinkspur" catechetics if you want.

That said, you should check out the Catholic homeschool groups we frequent. My family and our four kids are considered a "small" family among these folks who are among the most devout Catholics in the country.
50 posted on 05/25/2006 9:55:30 PM PDT by Antoninus (Ginty for US Senate -- NJ's primary day is June 6 -- www.gintyforsenate.org)
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To: Wormwood
"1964 called. It wants it's argument back."

It also wants its reduced crime rate, reduced divorce rate, and higher rate of married parents back too.
51 posted on 05/25/2006 9:55:54 PM PDT by DesScorp
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To: Scotswife

I'll bet all who attended will REMEMBER THIS SPEECH....any other speech given would have been forgotten within a month.


52 posted on 05/25/2006 9:56:03 PM PDT by goodnesswins ( "the left can only take power through deception." (and it seems Hillary & Company are the masters)
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To: Antoninus

I think Teddy had six kids, right?


53 posted on 05/25/2006 9:57:24 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: Antoninus

"At a Catholic university? It most certainly is. If it made some people feel uncomfortable, too darn bad.
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So, because it is a catholic university then all bets are off?

Maybe next years speaker can give us the juicy details about when oral sex is acceptable and when it isn't.
Afterall...catholic theologians have weighed in on this so it should be fair game right?

or...maybe there are certain speeches that are better left for venues other than a graduation ceremony where the focus should be on the graduates.


54 posted on 05/25/2006 9:57:26 PM PDT by Scotswife
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To: nrfcmedia
This wisdom is not his own, but from hundreds if not thousands of years of wisdom on this issue.

Perhaps he should have spoken of the Trinitarian progression. There are hundreds of years of wisdom on that topic as well, and it would have been similarly received.

55 posted on 05/25/2006 9:57:44 PM PDT by sinkspur ( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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To: sinkspur
"There's a way to do it that would have been positive."

Sometimes, people need to hear the raw, unvarnished truth. Not every lesson has to be pleasant.
56 posted on 05/25/2006 9:59:02 PM PDT by DesScorp
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To: Antoninus

Fair enough post, but the comments made by the speaker are not in tune with Catholic lay thinking, is what I was suggesting. This near atheist thinks the comments have hectoring ring, that one size fits all, which is neither moral or wise, but obviously my point of view is irrelevant as to the internecine debate.


57 posted on 05/25/2006 9:59:42 PM PDT by Torie
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To: DesScorp
It also wants its reduced crime rate, reduced divorce rate, and higher rate of married parents back too.

Now that is a conservative argument.

I concede the point and salute you.

58 posted on 05/25/2006 9:59:44 PM PDT by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: Scotswife

Soooo....the students at this Catholic Univ. should just have an entertaining speech....wouldn't want to "offend." That's so MTV....


59 posted on 05/25/2006 10:00:36 PM PDT by goodnesswins ( "the left can only take power through deception." (and it seems Hillary & Company are the masters)
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To: sinkspur
"Only to somebody who thinks a 21-year old is wise."

And Ted Kennedy, Sheets Byrd, and Jimmy Carter all proved that age = wisdom...
60 posted on 05/25/2006 10:00:59 PM PDT by DesScorp
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