The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is about to launch its fourth anti-condom ad, this time in Washington D.C. Beginning November 1, the following ad will appear alongside 50 buses in Washington D.C. for one month. The “queen size” ad will run the entire length of the bus.
Dr William Donohue, president of the Catholic League, explained the purpose of the ad:
“The purpose of this ad is to challenge the wisdom of those health officials and educators who recommend condoms to young people without sufficiently advising them about condom failure. How many young people know, for example, that the failure rate of condoms is one in three? And how many know about the consequences of condom failure?
“There is no greater parental right than the right of parents to safeguard the well-being of their children. But that right is violated when the authorities provide misinformation about condoms to students. The most practical way to inform young people of the risks of condom use would be for the Surgeon General to authorize the placement of warning labels on every condom package, whether manufactured in the United States or abroad. Accordingly, that is exactly what the Catholic League urges Dr. Joycelyn Elders to do.”
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization. It defends the right of Catholics—lay and clergy alike—to participate in American life without defamation or discrimination.
