Another Valentine’s Day campaign...
Catholics for a Free Choice is launching Condoms4Life tomorrow--ads and posters like the one above will appear throughout New York, San Francisco and Washington DC.
“We launched Condoms4Life to educate young Catholics, as well as gay and straight couples, about what we think our faith demands of us: Responsibility,” said Frances Kissling, president of Catholics for a Free Choice. “We see St. Valentine’s Day, a day representing love and passion for many couples, as the perfect time to remind people that the culture of life means affirming responsible and just sexual behavior—especially for those who are at risk of contracting AIDS. We call on the bishops to join us in this campaign to promote a culture of life and protect the lives and health of the countless men, women and children who are at risk of HIV/AIDS.”
Some scary stats that the Condoms4Life campaign found:
In California, none of the 40 Catholic hospitals and only one of the Catholic universities Condoms4Life researchers called said they provide condoms.In New York, only 7.1% of nearly $350 million in public funding went to Early Intervention Services, including “HIV testing, risk reduction counseling…transmission prevention” in FY 2004.
In Washington, DC, the Archdiocese of Washington opposed a school sex education program that taught students how to use condoms as “clearly not reflective of our values” in 2005. Previously in 2002, the archdiocese released a fact sheet about condoms containing several assertions about condoms that are simply not true, including that condoms are not a means of preventing HIV/AIDS.
I think these ads look great, but something tells me a lot of folks won't be too pleased with them.
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I looked at the three posters, and I am so glad that they have the one with the homosexual males. Usually they're just ignored by the secular as well as religious community -- and here's a Catholic group posting fliers that affirm gay love as something sacred. Yay! Of course, there are problems (AIDS = gay men, no lesbian women, etc.), but it's baby steps.
Jessica these are not scary statistics because they are consistand with the catholic ideology and faith. There is no such thing as catholics for choice, if u are for choice with regards to sexual preference abortino or whatever u are not a catholic, these nieve fools need to grow up like i did and just leave the faith and perhaps christianity all together. that is not my opinion that is the official catholic position. anyone who advocates homosexuality or is homosexual is not a catholic. they may call themselves that but the pope, gods representitive on eart hand the ultimate authority on such matters for catholics says "no they are not, they are fakes
Why are strait catholic men bald?