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MartiniMan
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CZAR Martini
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6/18/2010 8:45:00 AM
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First of all I could not take the pay cut to be a czar. I am glad you brought up the issue of contraception because I think you need a little education on that issue. I will not do this justice but there is a lady named Janet Smith, PhD who has a CD called "Contraception, Why Not" that is very thorough in addressing this issue. You can download it from her website for free. http://www.janetsmith.excerptsofinri.com/ I will tell you that I was not opposed to contraception until I listened to her CD a couple of times and it finally brought home to me the societal damage done by contraception. This is not a Catholic argument that she makes but one that is based on the impact of contraception on society.
Perhaps a good start is to ask some questions. "Why is that since contraception has become widely available and widely accepted has the number of unwanted, out of wedlock pregnancies skyrocketed?" "Why is it that since contraception has become widely available and widely accepted has the number of sexually transmitted diseases skyrocketed?" "Why is it that since contraception has become widely available and
widely accepted has the number of failed marriages
skyrocketed?" "Why is it that since contraception has become widely available and
widely accepted has the number of abortions
skyrocketed?" You see the argument for accepting contraception back in the 1960s was based on good intentions and yet as Pope Paul VI predicted, none of the supposed benefits would happen and in fact things will be much worse. If you have the open mind and listen to her presentation we can talk more but if you insist that all these problems are better now than in the 1960s, flying in the face of all evidence to the contrary, then a discussion is not going to be meaningful.
As for what I think needs to happen I will start off by stating unequivocally that I am no expert in this area. I have read some on the subject and all I know is what does not work and statistically speaking what does work. How to get rid of what doesn't work and promote what does, and I quote the Messiah, is above my pay grade. What does not work is the creation of a welfare state where women are financially rewarded for having children out of wedlock and letting the father of the child off the hook. What does not work are programs that promote the concept of "safe sex" that don't challenge the teens to wait until marriage. These programs are more widely available and more accepted than ever and yet the problem continues to grow.
What does work is the promotion of traditional marriage between a man and a woman as the best possible formula for future happiness and providing the best possible environment for raising children. We also have to be willing to challenge our teens to be abstinent and make that the expectation and not just one choice among many. I can already hear your keyboard clacking away telling me I am naive, it can never happen, blah, blah, blah. I know it won't be easy and I know it won't work with every teen but program after program in inner-city schools that are properly designed and properly implemented have shown positive results. They are not perfect and there are still problems but when compared to the status quo they are more effective. There is much more to say on the subject but time is limited.
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