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Originally Posted by Daradon
No.
Although the Pope's suggestions may carry some influence, they aren't the willful taking of someones life. As well, these people do have choices. Maybe not the best ones, and yeah, it's a terrible situation, but they still have many choices in which they could not contract AIDS.
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Tell that to the women who are raped by HIV+ men, because the the "Cure" for AIDS is to have sex with a virgin.
The message of abstinence really doesn't take hold in the general population, anywhere in the world. Even if a couple DOES abstain until marriage, what if one of them was born HIV+? Monogamy/abstinence won't help there either, and the cycle of infection continues. As well, it is fairly common in some African cultures for a widowed woman to be taken in as a wife by her husband's brother...again, just continuing the chain of transmission if she is HIV+
I understand that as the Pope, he really can't condone birth control, because it's against the teachings of the church. But to publicly say that the cure will only come from love and acceptance is just irresponsible and ridiculous. Hugs don't cure AIDS.