Contraception: Wyeth Not!

Despair.com has a design for every corporate misstep.

A Catholic German Bank, Pax Bank, got caught with their lederhosen down recently when it was discovered post-facto that they’d invested money in three companies against Christian morals. One is a tobacco company (not exactly an intrinsic evil but whatever), one a foreign contractor who makes atomic bombs (ouch), and definitely the worst, in my opinion, the atomic bomb of the family: a contraceptive manufacturer, Wyeth.

Is this really a surprise that this is going on, especially in Europe, which has a high rate of secularization and some of the lowest rates of fertility? No. What is a surprise is that it was found out and reported. Who is the provost of the Cologne Cathedral, who evidently was a main instigator of this discovery? Is it the same as what is called the “cardinal provost”? If so, word on the street is that he’s one of those clergymen who rocks his faith for real. Maybe he needs to come talk to Catholic Charities in the US…

• A little coverage of this in the BBC (Note the caption of the Pill stock photo doesn’t say, “The Catholic Church supports the unity of marriage and procreation.” Also note the media’s self-aggrandizement.)
• MSN also does as little as possible to explain why the Church has been against contraception from the beginning.