Oh, Pope: Condoms don’t spread AIDS, and telling the good Christians of Cameroon — many of whom believe the disease is more likely to be caused by a witch doctor’s sideways glance than by, say, “sex” — that they do is unfair. And immoral.
Pope, advocating “abstinence” doesn’t work: Humans are designed have evolved to reproduce before they’ve even finished growing. Kids will experiment. Your Promise Keepers rarely Keep their Promises (Poophole Loophole notwithstanding). And even those supposedly filled with the holy spirit will undoubtedly experience urges to fill something themselves (see: half the clergy in Boston).
In other words, Pope, the poor souls of Cameroon and every other African nation once beset by missionaries will continue to have pre-, extra-, and every other kind of hyphenated marital sex, whether you like it or not. And now that you’ve reiterated — in high profile — the Vatican’s antiquated stance on the issue, even more will be confused about the “science” of the AIDS epidemic, even less will use condoms, and even more will get AIDS.
Oh, Pope, you blow hard.
