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Raster
(20,998 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Getting arrested is a necessary part of it.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Too bad that for some, the perfect is always the enemy of the good.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Just bringing "balance" to your post, since that is so important to you.
moriah
(8,311 posts)FWIW, while I disagree with the Catholic Church on reproduction, I do have to admire the fact they don't at the same time advocate state-sponsored killing, and actually have tried (even though their discrimination against gay couples in adoptions is another thing I disagree with) to advocate for children after birth, the hungry, etc.
They're a little less hypocritical than the average "pro-life" Protestant. For that they get some grudging respect from me.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)What do you think about the role of affordable birth control when it comes to lifting people out of poverty?
moriah
(8,311 posts)The crisis in Venezuela is because of their economic crisis, not the fact the government is influenced not to offer it. In fact, what's being bemoaned is that women are resorting to sterilization because they don't want more kids right now -- even worse than birth control in Catholic ideas. In America, 98% of Catholics have used it.
As I said, I disagree on family planning. Pope Francis apparently even disagrees somewhat with himself, first saying that Catholics don't have to reproduce "like bunnies" to fulfill the obligation to be fruitful, then getting flack and walking it back.
But I do think people who say the state should have the right to kill people even though it's not cost-effective and doesn't deter crime, and who want nothing to do with the lives that they prate about after birth, are far more hypocritical when they talk about reproductive rights. And they are the major ones fighting against birth control in the US. Whereas historically while Catholics haven't been advocates of reproductive freedom, they were among the first to try to organize ways to get those unwanted children homes, from the days of the foundling wheel.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Do you think that, in itself, is a good thing or a bad thing to alleviate poverty?