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Originally Posted by kerry
So couldn't a married couple be doing exactly the same thing? Say they were living in sin in a sexual relationship and then got married? One has HIV. They decide to use condoms. How is this any different than the prostitution example apart from the fact that the prostitute is more obviously sinful than the married couple.
In addition, how is it evil to avoid bringing an HIV infected child into the world?
The door that is opened is big enough to drive a semi thru.
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It's not different. Condom use by a married couple is not permitted either. The pope has not changed Church teaching on condom use whatsoever. If he did, which he has not, it would have to be through an official Church statement, like an encyclical or something. Not a quote from a book.
I heard a good analogy the other day. Basically what the pope was saying by all this is like a bank robber using blanks in his gun instead of real bullets. The act of robbing the bank is still just as evil. The fact that he decided to use blanks instead of real bullets to prevent killing anyone merely shows that he wants to minimize the evil of his act. But the act is still evil just the same. It doesn't mean that robbing a bank is now moral/allowed as long as you use a gun with blanks.
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