This category is for societal issues related to condoms. 1. Ban the Sex Tax - Campaign to encourage condom use by getting VAT (Value Added Tax) dropped from retail sales of condoms in the UK. 2. BBC News: Church Rejects Plea on Condoms - News report on announcement of the Catholic Church in southern Africa that condoms are a misguided and immoral weapon in the fight against AIDS. 3. BBC News: Vatican in HIV Condom Row - Reports on criticism of the Catholic Church for telling countries with high HIV rates that condoms are permeable to the virus. 4. BBC Panorama: Condoms - The Science - Scientific background and review of claims and counter-claims on condom effectiveness and safety. 5. BBC Panorama: Vatican - Condoms Don't Stop HIV - About the Catholic Church's effort to tell people in countries stricken by AIDS not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them. 6. Catholic News: Church in Africa Continues AIDS Fight Without Condoms - Information about the church position that condoms should not be promoted for disease prevention because their use leads to sexual promiscuity. Includes links to related news articles. 7. Condoms and the Church - Forum posting tells about an African bishop's pragmatic endorsement of condom use. 8. Global Campaign to End the Bishops' Ban on Condoms - Organization of Roman Catholics opposed to the Church's policy against the use of condoms. News, essays, and position papers on the topic. 9. School Condom Availability - Fact sheet by Advocates for Youth. Supportive of school condom availability as a component of comprehensive sexuality education. 10. BBC News: EU Criticises Vatican's Condom 'Bigotry' - The European Union criticised the Catholic Church for its stand on the use of condoms to fight HIV. 11. BBC Panorama: Condoms at Carnaval - About promotion of safe sex at Rio carnival in 2004, where Samba music played while huge spiky HIV viruses danced next to oversized condoms. 12. Seattle Catholic - The Wisdom of Bishop Cawcutt - Essay of support for the South African bishop who made statements directly opposed to the Roman Catholic Church's teaching on contraception, fornication and homosexuality when he recommended proper condom use as a means of fighting the spread of AIDS.

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