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Rory J. Koopmans, B. Admin., #203, 8912-156 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5R 5Z2

February IInd, MMX

Hon. David G. Hancock, QC, MLA, Minister of Education, Progressive Conservative, Edmonton-Whitemud

Dear David:

I truly realize that teaching kids to abstain from sexual activities while in school is definitely the best way. But I vocifeously disagree with the Catholic Church's official stance on the use of condoms & other safety measures in terms of sexual activities. Now lets be completely honest David, teenagers, even Catholic teenagers are human. They are of course going to have a biological imperative to participate in many different sexual activities while still residing in the halls of their schools, even I am sure at points having sexual relations in the school's themselves.

I am not saying that their choice to participate in these activities is right or is wrong. Not at all, no David. What I am saying is that the use of condoms should be tacitly supported by the Health & Education Department's of Her Majesty's Government. Whatever the stance of the papal office of Benedict XVIth & his late predecessors, condom use does save lives. Both male & female condoms that is. Maybe they do not prevent teenagers from engaging in sex acts, but they certaily do cut down on the number of diseases associated with these activities, of which the teenagers are going to participate in anyway.

It is not for me to say whether it is wrong or whether it is right for the Catholic or any church to promote abstinence. My personal belief is that kids should abstain as much as possible because unwanted babies can be an unpleasant burden on the state & for society to bear in terms of costs such as health problems, diseases, etc. I am not ramming this idea down the throat of the Catholic church or any church. But wouldn't it makes sense for local ecumenical officials to provide condoms and ther birth control methods on a more frequent basis to the kids right at their school sites?

If the kids are going to try different activities anyway, why not get going on the fight against disease & unwanted pregnancy right at the ground level? Why not make kids know that they do not have to be ashamed of their sexual being? Let them know that society may not approve or disapprove of their actions. But that it understands they have natural urges and wants to keep them safe as much as possible.

Blessings & Happy Groundhog Day,

Rory

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