Well of course. After a long time of very surface attempts to say they were only against abortion because they respect life, now their real agenda becomes clear.
The dark side of this, according to some commentators, is the declining birth rate in Europe. It takes an average of 2.1 children per woman to keep a population constant. Italy and Spain are tied for the lowest fertility rate in Western Europe, at 1.28. Even Ireland, the country with the highest birth rate, at 1.86, is suffering a population drain. (The U.S. rate is 2.09.) From 1994 to 2004, the average age at which European women became mothers rose by about 16 months, to 28.2. This, according to social conservatives, is the black hole into which the contraceptive mentality is drawn.
That anyone could see this-- perhaps the best single piece of news I've read in the past ten years-- as a "black hole" astonishes me.
Yeah, what the conservatives are really trying to say is that they don't approve of anyone having sex anytime. 'Cause sex is BAD, right? Just like (gasp) nudity. Neo-Puritans. I personally believe that whether someone has sex or not has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity. Somehow conservatives seem to be 'way hung up on it, though.
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Date: 2006-05-08 07:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-08 07:41 pm (UTC)That anyone could see this-- perhaps the best single piece of news I've read in the past ten years-- as a "black hole" astonishes me.
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Date: 2006-05-08 07:46 pm (UTC)Some may play fast and loose with virginity pledge, study finds
duh.
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Date: 2006-05-08 08:43 pm (UTC)Neo-Puritans.
I personally believe that whether someone has sex or not has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity.
Somehow conservatives seem to be 'way hung up on it, though.