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Lucerne Catholic Churches Aids Awareness Campaign
Topic Started: Wednesday, 27. October 2010, 00:48 (252 Views)
Clare
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Putting the "Fun Dame" into Fundamentalist
Mairtin
Wednesday, 27. October 2010, 22:19
Clare
Wednesday, 27. October 2010, 21:58


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c) The sexual act is an important good within a marriage, but there is no moral imperative for married couples to maintain ongoing sexual relations; and, while sexual intercourse does provide certain benefits to the human physiology, it is not a necessity of life, and its cessation will never result in death or physical harm (remember, without the sexual act taking place, there is no threat of HIV that requires a defensive response).
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He was doing well until he came out with that trite nonsense.
Why is it nonsense? It is true. It isn't necessary for survival. There is no moral imperative to continue having relations, if one of the spouses has a life-threatening disease. And there is no obligation on the spouse who doesn't have the disease to submit to the one who does, and it would be wrong for him to pressure her with the "assurance" that he will use a condom!

The points remain: not having sex does not endanger one's life; and condoms are neither the best nor the only way of preventing the spread of AIDS.
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Clare
Wednesday, 27. October 2010, 22:46
Mairtin
Wednesday, 27. October 2010, 22:19
He was doing well until he came out with that trite nonsense.
Why is it nonsense?
It is nonsense because he is trying to dismiss sex as if it is some minor optional extra in marriage when Church teaching recognises sex as the very raison d'être for marriage.
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