Three cheers for Stonehill College

Controversy erupted at Stonehill College when a student began distributing free contraceptives, breaking the rules at that Catholic college. The contraceptives were removed from campus and Stonehill spokesman Martin McGovern affirmed Catholic teaching against contraceptives and stood his ground.

Three cheers for him and Stonehill College!!!

The Boston Globe reports:

"We're a private Catholic college," Martin McGovern, Stonehill's spokesman, said yesterday. "We make no secret of our religious affiliation, and our belief system is fairly straightforward. We don't expect everyone on campus to agree with our beliefs, but we would ask people, and students in particular, to respect them."

McGovern said the college's policy follows church teachings, which oppose use of artificial contraception. Most Catholic colleges do not distribute birth control on campus.

"This is not a shocking revelation," that the college does not permit condom distribution, he said.

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As a reminder:

The Catholic Church has always taught that deliberate acts of contraception are always gravely sinful, which means that it is mortally sinful if done with full knowledge and deliberate consent (CCC 1857). This teaching cannot be changed and has been taught by the Church infallibly.

There is no way to deny the fact that the Church has always and everywhere condemned artificial contraception. Ignoring the mountain of evidence, some maintain that the Church considers the use of contraception a matter for each married couple to decide according to their "individual conscience." Yet, nothing could be further from the truth. The so-called "individual conscience" argument amounts to "individual disobedience."