Posted on 05/07/2005 6:43:50 PM PDT by topher
New York, May. 03, 2005 (CNA) - Planed Parenthood has launched a campaign to motivate all of its members and supporters, nominal Catholics and non-Catholics, to send letters to the editor, requesting that Pope Benedict XVI reconsider his “backward views” and change his opinion on sexual morality.
Pope Benedict XVI must be encouraged to “reconsider his dangerously outdated stances on birth control, abortion and sexuality in order to help move the Catholic Church into the 21st century,” reads a memo issued by campaign manager Eve Fox.
“The new Pope's positions on these crucial issues pose a terrible danger to the health of millions of women and girls around the world and undermines efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS,” Fox wrote.
The campaign manager justified this action, saying that the “the Church has tremendous influence over many governments, especially in Latin America, and plays a powerful role in shaping social and political norms around the world.”
Calling him “even more conservative” than Pope John Paul II, Fox told her supporters that Pope Benedict XVI is “against all forms of contraception and opposes the use of condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS.”
Prior to being elected Pope, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger “told Catholics in the U.S. it would be a sin to vote for pro-choice candidates like John Kerry, and urged bishops to deny Kerry Communion. He has also led the Catholic Church's campaign against same-sex marriage and other rights for same-sex couples, including the right to adopt children,” wrote Fox
That's a fact...and I'm not Catholic. Is it any wonder that liberals want to change any institution that wasn't created yesterday? Ut oh..I used the "c" word.
They will never succeed.
Catholics for a Free Choice is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and I think also the Packard Foundation.
Obviously support to divide the Catholic Church would be no different than Planned Parenthood attacking Baptists or other Christians and trying to split them apart as well.
The Queen of EUGENICISTS, Margaret Sanger!
Can you believe the arrogance of these people? Well yes, I guess we've all known that for some time. PING to my Catholic friends, God bless you, stay strong, show the way!
This Catholic supports telling planned barrenhood to go f' themselves.
George Soros funded them too.
Yessiree! They will show him whose boss the next time he stands for re-election!
Giggle,snort
ROFL!!!
The Catholic Church is NOT swayed by polls, by whining, by protests, and CERTAINLY NOT by smear campaigns by the likes of those butchers.
PP is pissed off because they CANNOT force/sway the CC to bow down to their agendas.
The CC answers to God...to God's Word. And I admire them for NOT kow-towing to the popular PC crap.
You mean Catholics for a Free Choice or Planned Parenthood?
I imagine he funds both.
Planned Parenthood--The Group That Hitler Emulated! Founder and Guru, Margaret Sanger was his heroine.
Amazing that these genocidal maniacs, so well-funded by every massive liberal foundation has the temerity to say anything except an act of contrition.
The nerve of these people is sickening.
LOL!!!!
There are bad apples within the church. For example, Sister Helen Prejean had to change her stand on abortion when she came out against the death penalty.
Initially, she thought it was bad to kill condemned criminals (which society has been doing for a loooonnnggg time) but it was okay to kill the itty bitty babies.
And they can be converted. Many of these bad apples may just go to hell.
He funds both, but I referring to "Catholics for a free choice".
I'm giving odds on the Pope on this one. Do they think he will step down???
For decades, Planned Parenthood has been pushing the corrupting sex education curriculum into public schools.
Playboy and Hugh Hefner got their start because back in the 1940s, Planned Parenthood was able to get US Post Office to start shipping pornography through the mail. Our great Judeo-Christian heritage of this country had put laws in place before then to prevent pornography from being sent in the mail.
About as safe a bet as can be made. The last president of Planned Parenthood stepped down after the 2004 election -- one reason given was her getting Planned Parenthood to endorse John Kerry.
However, the pope might resign if really serious health problems arise. Such as the effects of old age that would affect the pope's judgement. John Paul did not have this -- he just had health problems. Parkinson's was rough on him, but he still was an outstanding scholar even in his last years.
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