However, people who are circumcised can still be infected with HIV and any awareness campaign would have to be extremely careful not to suggest that it protects against HIV or is an alternative to using condoms [emphasis mine].It's bizarre that "using condoms" is always considered the standard method for fighting the war on AIDS. The condom campaign is promoted by health officials, broadcast on TV, and taught to our school children. It's simply taken for granted that condoms are the solution, and that we need to spread this news to those who are at high risk.
The truth is, not wearing a condom is not a high-risk practice. In fact, there are millions today who don't wear condoms, and they're among the least likely to contract HIV. The "protection" they use is a time-tested technique called chastity. That is to say, they're either
- single and celibate, or
- married and monogamous.
The problem with that, though, is that it conflicts with our "right" to have casual romps, including especially those that involve sodomy.
Even so, the fact remains that morality, as defined by natural law and the Church, is the most effective, scientific weapon against the spread of AIDS. (Incidentally, it's also what leads to greater fulfillment in the bedrooms of the married-and-monogamous.)
Naysayers may argue that teaching this solution is ineffective because promiscuity is rampant and practically unstoppable, and dark clouds of disaster therefore loom over the condom-less. But the admittedly universal temptation to immorality is not a reason to replace the truth with a condom; it is cause to even more boldly and clearly disseminate the truth, which saves lives, physically and spiritually.
And that's where the rubber meets the road.
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