mandag 5. november 2012

Why has Paul Ryan stopped having sex with his wife?

Vice president candidate, Paul Ryan, is a Catholic.

Ryan talks about his Catholic faith frequently on the trail. Ryan said it “sustains us on a daily basis” and “we pray throughout the day,” noting he keeps a rosary in his pocket.

What else does Ryan keep in his pocket? I hope not condoms?

Ryan has 3 children. Only three! Does this mean that Paul Ryan no longer is sexual active? Or does it mean that he refuses to listen to the pope in the Vatican who demands that Catholics should not use condoms or any other kind of contraception?

Michael Moore said on CNN yesterday that republicans steal, cheat and lie.

Prove him wrong, Ryan - tell us the truth about your sexual life!

Give it a try, Ryan - clear your conscience. When done, you might find out that you no longer will have this need to pray throughout the day.

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...The Ryans’ reproductive choices, in particular, may also be an example of the perennial hypocrisy of politicians who do not live by the rules they seek to establish for others.

Let’s consider, first, the number of children that Paul Ryan has. He and his wife married in 2000. Let us assume they have not made use of birth control in their married life (which would make Janna Ryan among the 2 percent of Catholic women who have not used contraception.) This should be a fair assumption to make, given that Ryan is a co-sponsor of a federal “Sanctity of Human Life Act,” which among other things, would prohibit many forms of birth control, and he has been a firm opponent of family planning programs.....

But the fact that only three children have emerged in 12 years of marriage is puzzling. Figures from the respected Contraceptive Technology website show that 85 percent of women in couples where no contraceptive method is used for a year will experience an unintended pregnancy. If the Ryans have been using so-called “natural family planning”, also known as “fertility awareness-based methods,” then their chances of an unintended pregnancy in a given year would have been 25 percent. Had Paul Ryan used a condom, his wife’s chance of an unintended pregnancy in a year would be 15 percent. In short, it is hard to understand how this marriage of 12 years has produced only 3 children, unless this couple have used more reliable methods of birth control. (It is, of course, possible that the Ryans have experienced infertility issues, in which case they have my sincere sympathy)...

....The Ryans’ probable use of birth control and the Romney family’s use of IVF are only the latest examples of a long string of Republican candidates being caught in an understandable inability to live up to the absolutist demands of their party...

Read all: Paul Ryan’s Missing Children and Mitt Romney’s Forbidden Grandchildren