Originally Posted by
David House
The attitude of the RC church to "artificial" birth control and the resultant ignorance is, in my view, one of the biggest problems holding back the Philippines. I read that there are political moves to change that and introduce compulsory sex education but, surprise surprise, they are being fiercely opposed by the RC church who have threatened to withhold communion from any Senator who votes in favour on the grounds they are not "pro-life". It just has to change. With the economy already unable to support the current population, and so many totally dependant upon remittences of one kind or another, what will happen in the next 20 years if the population continues to explode? I just hope expediancy comes to the rescue before starvation or natural disaster but that hope is not really very strong because I cannot see any real acceptance there that there is actually a problem. They blame Gloria and corruption for all their ill fortune and never target the real culprits.
