Inside Vienna: Catholics For Condoms

Posted by Staying Alive Editor on July 21st, 2010

Once again our street team have found something which raises some real talking points, while on the ground at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna.

Check out the below video of a representative of the Catholics For Choice campaign, an initiative set up by Catholics who believe that abstinence should not be the only option for members of the Catholic faith.

As the banner in the background states: “Abstinence has a high failure rate” and Catholics For Choice believe the church should perhaps be a little more realistic and consider lifting the ban on condoms.

Have a look at the below video and let us know your thoughts:

http://www.vimeo.com/13489291


So what did you think? The video raises some interesting points and we would love your opinion.

To what extent do you feel religeos leaders have a responsibility to protect their followers from issues such as HIV/AIDS?

Groups like Catholics For Choice are challenging some of the beliefs of their faith – To what extent do you feel you should be able to challenge issues that you feel strongly about in your religion?

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3 Comments...
  1. CJ says:
    July 22, 2010 at 8:05 pm

    Another great message from the World AIDS conference! Great job Kyle!

  2. Kirsten says:
    July 22, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    “To what extent do you feel you should be able to challenge issues that you feel strongly about in your religion?” That doesn’t really seem to be the right question to ask. A better question might be, “To what extent should religions stand up for public health and human rights?” Anyone can and should challenge their religion when that religion acts to harm others — whether by protecting men accused of sexually assaulting children, or calling for violence against non-believers. Policies of the Catholic and evangelical churches that deny their followers access to effective means to preventing AIDS are not simply dogmatic “issues,” but a matter of live or death for millions.

  3. Marina says:
    July 26, 2010 at 4:57 am

    These people are right in pushing for a comprehensive approach to prevention that includes all options, but they’re not so alone among Catholics. There is no official teaching of the church against using condoms for preventing the spread of disease. And many Catholics working in the trenches of the fight against AIDS include education about condoms in their prevention work. Sure, there are some idiots in the church hierarchy that stay up late worrying about these things, but making them out to be all powerful is a mistake.

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