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    BB> This has been batted around before, always based on   
    BB> marriage is to yield children. That's why the Catholic's   
    BB> have always outlawed birth control. (Yeah, tell me about   
    BB> it.)   
      
    Not so sure about "always". OTOH, there really hasn't been much   
    real contraception more than something like 100 years ago.   
      
    BB> But if ya can't have children, for whatever reason, is the   
    BB> marriage a sham?   
      
    No, but requires a special dispensation.   
      
    BB> Be interesting to see what the new Pope comes up with.   
    BB> He's on record as being against abortion, gay marriage, and   
    BB> birth control.  Nice to go back to the 1900's  :)   
      
    Never left there.   
      
    Abortion does meet a biblical standard. The rest is all a matter   
    of MYOB.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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