Dear Pope: Really!?

I’ve never been a big Pope fan, and not being from a Catholic household don’t especially feel any ties to him. However, he is an extremely powerful world figure – what he says carries a lot of weight with both Catholics around the globe as well as leaders.

But when he says that condoms are not the way to fight AIDS in Africa and, in fact, make the problem worse, I get pretty steamed.

I get it – abstinence is the only way to 100% prevent contracting HIV/AIDS through sex. But what good does it do to tell an entire continent to stop having sex!? The correct and consistent use of condoms reduces the risk of transmission by about 85%.

People are not always going to get it on for the sake of having a baby. Fact of life, sorry your Holiness. Also, people are not going to wait until they’re married to knock boots. But man, what if people just got married before they had sex! Sacred act preserved for the enjoyment between a married man and married woman, after all. And man, if there’s one thing that drives off HIV/AIDS infection, it’s married sex. Marriage for everyone! What a way to revive the economy as well!