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New York, December 1 – Two new radio advertisements for condom use began to target Catholics in the U.S. Hispanic community here today, World AIDS Day, with the message that “good Catholics use condoms” to protect the people they love. The 60-second Spanish-language ads, which will air nationwide in 2009, “take on myths about condom use in Catholic and Latino communities,” said a statement from the sponsors, the Washington-based nonprofit organization Catholics for Choice and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. “Catholics use condoms because we know it is the responsible, loving and caring thing to do,” said Jon...

THIS MUST be news. It was in The New York Times, which publishes, among other things, “All the news that’s fit to print.” So the good, gray Times last week solemnly reported this “news” item: “Many Americans believe marriage is between a man and a woman.” Yes, we “many Americans” are an eccentric bunch and we believe a lot of strange, old-fashioned things. It was ironic that a federal appeals court ordered the Ten Commandments removed from the Alabama Supreme Court in the same week that Newsweek was reporting — and perhaps celebrating — the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking...