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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story...059068,00.html
Edit: it should also be noted that the vatican's original position on condoms was that not only did they not help contain the spread of HIV/AIDS, but that condoms actually increased one's chances of contracting the disease.
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BTW, the Vatican itself dosen't have an official position on the use of condoms, to protect yourself from aids. Your ignoring statements from other cardinals such as
Javier Lozano Barragan of Mexico, told The Associated Press recently that condoms could sometimes be condoned — such as when a woman can't refuse her HIV-positive husband's sexual advances — since preserving her life is paramount. "You can defend yourself with any means," he said.
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cardinal, Godfried Danneels of Belgium, told a Catholic TV program that if an HIV-positive person insists on having sex, "he has to use a condom. Otherwise he will commit a sin" by risking transmission of a potentially fatal virus.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in608255.shtml
But since its so much fun to paint the church as an evil organization . . .