Just when I think the grotesque bulwark of medieval intolerance and stupidity known as the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church couldn’t get any more offensive, along comes some nitwit in a funny hat who goes around telling people that condoms don’t stop AIDS transmission.
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised; this is the kind of horseshit I was spoonfed for four years in high school, where they all but said that condoms cause AIDS. They also spoke reverently of William Donohue, the loudmouthed theocratic thug who runs an organization of likeminded individuals called the Catholic League, which works round-the-clock to take my books and my movies and my music away from me because apparently the Baby Jesus gets really worried about such things–this is also the guy who was screaming at the top of his lungs defending this latest batch of flat-earth malarkey from the Vatican on the Today show this morning.
Of course, back in high school, I may have been so stunned by hearing sentences like “The Inquisition had some good points–the Jews were always given a chance to recant” (an actual quote from sophomore year History of Salvation II class) that the condom bit didn’t really register.