RH BILL CONTROVERSY

SEPT 10--In the TV program "Bottom Line"  of Boy Abunda,  Bishop Deo Iñiguez was interviewed regarding the RH Bill.  In his answers the controversial points were clarified such as:  1) In the RH Bill what the Church opposes is the use of contraceptives. Other matters in the RH Bill are good; 2) Sexual act must be open to life and must  not be  artificially obstructed; 3) Those who use contraceptives commit objective sin (act considered in itself), but not everyone commits subjective sin (act considered sinful by the person concerned); 4) Nobody knows whether the person who use contraceptives will go to hell; only God knows; 5) The issue of "excommunication" was "not a proximate possibility", meaning the media made a "miscommunication" with or without malice by omitting the word "not"; 6) The person who demonstrated in the cathedral carrying a placard "Damaso" showed disrespect and abuse of freedom to the holy occasion; his right to speak was done in a wrong time and in a wrong place; 7) His act is punishable by civil law, that is why he was put in jail; 8) The Church is for responsible parenthood, provided there is no use of contraceptives; 9) The Church and the State may have a common ground for approving the good and not controversial issues of the RH Bill; 10) There can be no compromise when the issue is morality; the Church can never approve what is evil or sinful, even if many of the Catholics will transfer to non-Catholic groups.--(Romy Hitosis)