Ad dropped featuring nun holding condom

[Lilith]

(gg)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has withdrawn an anti-
AIDS campaign ad featuring a smiling nun holding a
condom after it sparked an outcry from Roman
Catholics, local media said on Wednesday.

The poster, which shows the nun holding the condom
with both hands and saying "Although I don't need one,
even I know," had been removed from all condom
machines in Taipei hospitals, subway stations and
elsewhere.

"As a nun, I can't agree with their way of expressing
things," a church spokeswoman said Wednesday. "This is
a serious insult."

Nuns take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and
the Vatican considers all forms of contraception a
sin.

Local media said the plan had been to use someone with
a "positive image" to promote the use of condoms to
prevent AIDS.

There are about 300,000 Catholics on the island of 23
million people.

[lakritze]

About 10 or 15 years ago,a group of Italian women told the pope: "AAY You no playa the game,You no maka the rules." Where is that attitude now????

[jseal]

That “…the Vatican considers all forms of contraception a sin.” is a common misconception. Either by accident or intent, the detail “Artificial” is omitted. Humanae Vitae (http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html) (Encyclical Of Pope Paul VI On The Regulation Of Birth); 15 & 16, paragraph 2, 3


The quote “You no playa the game,You no maka the rules” may be traced back to the good Earl Butz. Much noted for his off color humor, he reportedly ridiculed Pope Paul VI (see above) for his stand on birth control, quipping that "he no playa da game, he no maka da rules," which failed to amuse many American Roman Catholics, particularly those whose ancestry hailed back to Italy. It was that and similar witty remarks which brought about his resignation as Secretary of Agriculture in 1976.

[Callie691]

And that is why I HATE politics!!