(From Reuters)
TAIWAN has withdrawn AN ANTI-AIDS CAMPAIGN AD featuring A SMILING NUN holding A CONDOM after it sparked an outcry from ROMAN CATHOLICS, local media said on Wednesday.
The poster, which shows the nun holding the condom with both hands and saying, "Although I don't need one, even I know," had been REMOVED FROM ALL CONDOM MACHINES IN TAIPEI HOSPITALS, SUBWAY STATIONS AND ELSEWHERE.
"As a nun, I can't agree with their way of expressing things," a church spokeswoman said Wednesday. "This is A SERIOUS INSULT."
Nuns take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and THE VATICAN CONSIDERS ALL FORMS OF CONTRACEPTION A SIN.
Local media said the plan had been to use someone with "A POSITIVE IMAGE" to promote the use of condoms to prevent AIDS.
There are about 300,000 CATHOLICS on the island of 23 MILLION PEOPLE.
Scott O'Leary, thanks for the post.
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