GAA'S HARTE BACKS CONDOM BAN; Hero supports controversial book.Byline: JILLY BEATTIE GAA hero Mickey Harte
Mickey Harte is the current manager of Tyrone Gaelic football team, and has so far led them to two All-Ireland titles. has given his support to a controversial campaign to ban contraception, the Irish Daily Mirror can reveal. Better known for guiding Tyrone to All-Ireland victory, Mickey has turned his attention to the debate over condoms and the pill. He has given his backing to a book called Who's At The Centre of Your Marriage, The Pill Or Jesus Christ Jesus Christ: see Jesus. Jesus Christ 40 days after Resurrection, ascended into heaven. [N.T.: Acts 1:1–11] See : Ascension Jesus Christ kind to the poor, forgiving to the sinful. [N.T. ? It is written by former pharmacist Patrick McCrystal, who claims the use of any contraception can ruin a marriage and that the continued use of condoms only helps spread sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely . The father-of-four said: "It's wonderful to have a man like Mickey on board because he's a person who's deeply respected and listened to by many people, young and old. He understands the impor- tance of life and respect within a family and he is happy to be a part of the debate." Mr McCrystal, who is from Co Tyrone, left a pro-life, anti-abortion movement to work as a volunteer for a religious prayer group and lives on donations from the public, a situation he describes as "providence". Now he aims to highlight what he describes as the "destructive role" contraception has in marriage. Mr McCrystal started his book when he failed to get a job as a pharmacist because he refused on principle to fill out prescriptions for the pill and the morning-after pill. He said: "Contraception is the unspoken cause of too much marriage break-up. The battle against contraception is not over so long as one married couple uses it." He joined Mickey yesterday at a meeting to publicise the book at Belfast's Europa Hotel The Europa Hotel is a four star hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The hotel has 240 bedrooms, and claims to be the largest in Northern Ireland. The Europa was damaged 33 times by Provisional IRA bombs between 1970 and 1994, and was known as the most bombed hotel in Europe. . Mickey said: "I've known Patrick for the past 12 years and he talks a lot of sense. "It's not trendy or popular to talk about contraception and question its use but I think Patrick presents the argument in a powerful and sensible manner. "We're exposed to a lot of ideas and we have the freedom to take on board everything or nothing. "But it's important that Patrick is getting this message across and opening the debate for consideration. "Ireland has lost a lot of its family values family values pl.n. The moral and social values traditionally maintained and affirmed within a family. and basic life principles over the last few decades and this is a good time to introduce some very important questions. For me it's about respecting yourself and respecting other people in your life. "Irish society could do with a move back to what are seen as old-fashioned values and morals." In line with Vatican THE beliefs of Mickey Harte and Patrick McCrystal are in line with those of Pope Benedict and the Catholic Church's 1968 publication On Human Life. It states Catholics are prohibited from using artificial birth control but Mr McCrystal recommends sexual abstinence during a woman's three-day fertile period fertile period n. The period in the menstrual cycle during which conception is most likely to occur, usually 10 to 18 days after the onset of menstruation. instead. CAPTION(S): CONCERN Mickey Harte |
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