From CBCP reminds Aquino about excommunication - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
The CBCP is threatening to excommunicate President Aquino for his position that "Filipino couples who choose to use artificial contraceptives should be allowed to do so."
Bishop Nereo Odchimar of Tandag, Surigao del Sur, the current CBCP president even has the gall to remind the President that"...being the President of all, you must consider the position of the Catholic Church because we are approaching these issues from the moral aspect like the unborn."
What he seems to have forgotten is that not all Filipinos are Catholics, so not all have to abide by Catholic teaching. President Aquino is also the President of all the on-Catholics who does want to avail of contraceptives. It is his duty to give us this choice if we want to.
The Catholic Church should not be allowed to rule the Philippines, Jose Rizal's description of the Philippines under the rule of the Catholic Church should serve as a lesson to us.
1 comment:
Well, what the Catholic also seems to have forgotten is that we are already dealing with overpopulation. If they could feed the starving Filipinos and give jobs to those who don't have them, then they would probably have the right to say we don't have to use birth control.
Tsk, Tsk! President Aquino should stand firm on this one. It's about time our government broke it off with the church for good!
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