Speak Up

I know, I know, who needs another earful of my opinions? But sometimes speaking up pays off. This summer I came across an article on contraception and religion at About.com. There was a rather disparaging remark in the essay about contraception and Catholics, stating the Church only permits sex when pregnancy may result. Anyone familiar with NFP as approved by the church knows this isn't true.

So I emailed the author and asked her to change it. And she did! She kindly replaced her statement with mention of the unitive and procreative aspects of sex with regards to the ban on contraception, so on and so forth. It may not seem like a big deal, but I was happy to lessen the load of internet misinformation rather than adding to it for once :)

Lesson of the day: say something. You'd be surprised how willing many folks are to listen. Sorry to say that running my mouth has gotten me a lot this past year: coupons, rebates, a chance to copy edit for a certain political up-start (I won't say who!). I even got to slam Oprah a little in "First Things"-- what could be better!?

"The only tired I was, was tired of giving in." -Rosa Parks

"Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom." -Alexi de Tocqueville