[cspackler]

"The discovery of a single unifying intervention that could reduce or prevent some or all of these conditions would be hailed as one of the greatest accomplishments of modern medicine," he wrote.

Yup, right up there with Pennicilin and a cure for cancer.

But seriously, I grew up in South Texas, many of my good friends were Hispanic. It was a strange paradox, one that I tried to talk to them about but could not get a straight answer. They were all Catholic, very devout in their practices. Always crossed themselves when passing the church, etc. They would not even contemplate the use of contraceptives or abortion. But, they were all having pre-marital sex like rabbits. Hence, many of the girls were pregnant at 16, and the guys would almost always marry them.

I would ask my friends why they followed all of these tennants of the Church, except that little one about not having sex out of wedlock, but I never got a good answer.

[ApesForEvolution]

I dated Catholic girls in High School...nicest girls you've ever met. ;0