Pope Benedict and Trojans

Dear Pope Benedict,

I am not a Catholic, but I still like and respect you. You are well educated, humble, and you care deeply about suffering.

Yes, it would be better if married people were faithful to each other and didn’t screw around. And if single people did not ever have sex it would greatly lower the incidence of HIV and AIDS.

But the stance that the church and you are taking against condom usage is neither realistic nor helpful to mankind.

You are a wise man, and you know your history. You are fully aware that for many years after the death of the carpenter from Nazareth it was alright for priests and popes to have a wife and to have sex. The idea that priests should abstain from sex is what has filled the church with perverted gay men and has caused so many priests to rape young boys from their congregation, engaging in the most dangerous form of sex, anal sex.

The times call for someone like you to take bold steps. I recommend that you establish a blue ribbon commission of church leaders to openly look at the church’s position about sex. If this anti-sex perversity isn’t put to en end, the church probably won’t survive much longer.

Wishing You The Best,


Paul Garland
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