Got rhythm?While I disagree with the editorial policy of Commonweal com·mon·weal n. 1. The public good or welfare. 2. Archaic A commonwealth or republic. Noun 1. more often than not, it is articles like Leslie Tentler's that sustain my subscription. Tentler's analysis is brilliant and reflects the attitude of most of the Catholic laity on this very sensitive and personal topic. My wife and I faithfully practiced the rhythm method. We have five children. My wife was not comfortable with the pill for moral and medical reasons. After consultations with my confessor CONFESSOR, evid. A priest of some Christian sect, who receives an account of the sins of his people, and undertakes to give them absolution of their sins. 2. and another priest, I had a vasectomy vasectomy, male sterilization by surgical excision of the vas deferens, the thin duct that carries sperm cells from the testicles to the prostate and the penis. , thus relieving my wife of both moral guilt and biological anxiety. It was a decision for which I have no regrets. The church's teachings on human sexuality are a misinterpretation of natural law imposed by a celibate mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. . Those who don't play the game shouldn't make the rules. WILLIAM DORNBURGH, Cooperstown, N.Y. |
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