WARNING: The subject matter in this post deals candidly with sexually transmitted infections and diseases and their modes of transmission. Minors and persons easily upset by the nature of such discussion are advised to skip over this post. Cretins. No other word better encompasses those who set their sights on John Cardinal O’Connor and the [...]
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Of Cardinals, Cathedrals, Condoms and Cretins (Part IV)
Posted in Bishops, Condoms, HIV/AIDS, Sex Education, tagged ACT-UP, Bishops, Condoms, HIV/AIDS on January 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Of Cardinals, Cathedrals, Condoms, and Cretins (Part III)
Posted in Birth Control, Bishops, Condoms, HIV/AIDS, Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Disease, tagged Bishops, Condoms, Sexually Transmitted Diseases on January 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
WARNING: The subject matter in this post deals candidly with sexually transmitted infections and diseases and their modes of transmission. Minors and persons easily upset by the nature of such discussion are advised to skip over this post. In Part II of this series (Parts I & II may be found in the Bishops link [...]
Of Cardinals, Cathedrals, Condoms, and Cretins (Part II)
Posted in Birth Control, Bishops, Condoms, Dignity, HIV/AIDS, Sex Education, tagged ACT-UP, Cardinal O'Connor, Condoms, HIV/AIDS, New York Times on December 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
During the late 1980′s a narrative developed about the Catholic hierarchy, condoms, and HIV; A bunch of old celibate men, through their irrational opposition to any form of birth control, refused to teach the lifesaving truth that condoms prevent the transmission of HIV. The problem is that the narrative is a lie, start to finish. [...]
Of Cardinals, Cathedrals, Condoms, and Cretins (Part I)
Posted in Bishops, Condoms, Dignity, HIV/AIDS, Health Care, Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Disease, tagged ACT-UP, Bishops, Cardinal O'Connor, Condoms, HIV/AIDS on December 23, 2009 | 9 Comments »
A little-known anniversary passed very silently on the tenth of this month, the twentieth anniversary of AIDS activist group ACT-UP’s desecration of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. The New York Times reported the incident. It was the culmination of many smaller-scale desecrations at the Cathedral by gay groups, including Dignity. From 1987-88 I was a seminarian for [...]
