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[derleth]

> Its innovative latex-derivative material has been engineered under Church supervision to block the HIV virus while allowing sperm to pass unhindered.

This is either a joke or the stupidest thing I've heard all month.

Anyway, the RCC does allow people to use condoms when the primary purpose is disease control and not contraception.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/8148899/Po...

[raganwald → derleth]

This is either a joke or the stupidest thing I've heard all month.

Alas, this was a joke AND the stupidest thing you’ve heard all month. I will be more mindful of Poe’s Law (as suggested elsewhere) in the future.