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If a rather detailed and\u00a0meticulous\u00a0study<\/a> done by\u00a0 The Ethics and Public Policy Center<\/a> is close to accurate, then that famous 5% we heard so much about might be a bit low. \u00a0I know, even studies that appear this painstakingly done should be taken with a grain of salt. \u00a0The center is, of course, not an unbiased organization.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But neither was the MSM that repeated over and over, day after day, the meme that since only 5% of Catholic women follow Church teaching about contraception, that it was supposed to mean something. \u00a0For me, of course, the problem was that we shouldn\u2019t care. \u00a0If the Civil Rights era mentality said anything, it was that rights are not majority based. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t matter one rip if only a single person is having his or her rights violated. So I was shocked that suddenly it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appeared\u00a0<\/span>that the supporters of Obama\u2019s HHS mandate were appealing to this low number as reason that we shouldn\u2019t really care.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>

<\/span><\/span>But I was always suspicious of such a number so quickly found, and so easily and consistently tossed about. I know Catholics following Church teaching is a sore spot for the Church. \u00a0Unfortunately, a great many Catholics do not, and they\u2019re proud of it. \u00a0I remember sitting at my one of my son\u2019s events, and a woman who goes to our parish was boasting of having had a tubal ligation to avoid more kids. But still, the numbers seemed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conveniently\u00a0<\/span>low, and I admit they also seemed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conveniently\u00a0convenient\u00a0<\/span>for those wishing to support Obama. We\u2019ll have to see. \u00a0Again, this being the post-modern Internet age, I doubt that facts matter much anyway.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"