To the Editor:
In reference to “A Matter of Faith and Freedom” by John Garvey, president of the Catholic University of America (The Chronicle, June 3), one can’t help but respect the old scribe Eleazar, who chose death rather than compromise his own integrity. Yet at the same time should we condemn those who decided that the religious edict against eating pork was not one worth dying for?
Today in America, the vast majority of Catholics have long ago decided that the church edict against contraception is not one that is central to their religion. The old admonition to “be fruitful and multiply” made a lot of sense in the Garden of Eden but not in a world of seven billion people. It is the Catholic Church that needs to change rather than trying to impose on everyone a rule that does not make sense and that its own members do not even respect.
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