Manuel Buencamino<\/a> <\/small><\/div>\n\u201cThe ratio of tolerance of our bishops towards the excesses of the Arroyo regime is directly proportional to their intolerance for condoms and contraceptives.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Philip Gilmore
\nHealth secretary Esperanza Cabral decided to distribute free condoms \u201cto those who cannot afford it\u201d because HIV\/AIDS cases are spreading at an alarming rate. That earned her the ire of the Catholic Church.
\nOne bishop denounced her timely intervention as immoral and warned her that, \u201cshe already has one foot in hell and many more might suffer the same fate\u201d if she did not stop what she was doing.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s very immoral for someone in a government position to support the distribution of condoms which we know, do not really reduce or stop the spread of HIV-AIDS. It\u2019s scary because it\u2019s the morality of our society, especially of our youth, that is at stake. We only wish that Cabral would change because she already has one foot in hell. People might suffer the same fate,\u201d the bishop said.
\nAnother bishop refused to accept the fact that Cabral\u2019s primary duty as the secretary of health is to safeguard the public\u2019s physical wellbeing, not their spiritual health and salvation. He wanted her fired for reasons that would make sense only if the Philippines were a theocratic state like Iran or an Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
\n\u201cSecretary Cabral should not continue serving until June because the culture and morality of society will be endangered under her. First, she does not respect the big number of Catholics in the country who oppose the distribution of condoms. Second, is she Catholic? I doubt that she is. Because if you are a Catholic and in the government, you should be living the teachings of the Church. But she is doing the opposite.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You know what their arguments sound like? The arguments of The Best And The Brightest against letting Vietnam fall. Letting Vietnam fall would lead to the fall of most Asian nations to communism. This reeks of the small mindedness and ultimately wrong headed infallibility approach to policy making. Mind your own business via Mind your … <\/p>\n
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