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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Religion sucks #17

The Vatican and teh stupid

Spain abortion reform sparks anger
Tens of thousands of people have protested in Madrid, the Spanish capital, against government plans to liberalise the country's abortion laws

...Spain decriminalised abortion in 1985, but only in particular circumstances - up to 12 weeks of pregnancy after a rape; up to 22 weeks should the foetus be found to be malformed; and at any point if the pregnancy posed a threat to the physical or mental health of the woman....

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo has become the first American cardinal to denounce the University of Notre Dame for inviting Democratic President Barack Obama as its commencement speaker in May and to receive an honorary degree.
Four Catholic bishops have now criticized the school for its decision to invite a pro-choice president to address its university body...

African Catholics March in Support of Vatican AIDS Policy
By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
29 March 2009
A group of African Catholics gathered Sunday in Saint Peter's Square in support of Pope Benedict XVI's opposition to using condoms to combat AIDS.



I wonder if these brainiacs ever think about what it really takes to feed close to 7 billion people with that number growing exponentially?

Do they ever ponder peak oil and the problems of feeding all those precious babies that that might have?

Do they even see the AIDS problem in Africa?

I just discovered this article (6:31 PM 3/29/2009z0 and I like it.


The Population Debate Is Screwed Up
By Laurie Mazur, AlterNet. Posted March 28, 2009.
Debaters on population usually take two sides: either they see it as a huge problem facing humanity, or that it's a non-issue. They're both wrong.

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