Fortunately the TTC trashed the adultery ads that would have show a huge message that says: "Life is short. Have an affair."
You may ask: who on earth would want to advertise and promote adultery? The answer is Ashley Madison, a company that specializes in... you'll never believe it... hooking up married people to have affairs. They've been called "The kingpin of Internet infidelity." They work like an online dating service for married people.
The founder is a Toronto native who is married and has children. Here's a question for you women out there: would you marry a guy who makes a living out of helping others have affairs and who thinks there's nothing immoral about it?
I suspect that business at Ashley Madison is going to take a hit after the Tiger Woods scandal. Through Tiger's self-destruction, many would-be adulterers might come to understand the disaster that awaits them if their affair were ever to become know by their spouse or children.
While we're on this topic, let's remind ourselves that the surge in infidelity during the last half-century has been largely facilitated by the generalized use of contraception and abortion. Without these two "backup plans", infidelity becomes extremely risky because if the woman becomes pregnant, the cover is blown. Contraception and abortion are the equivalent of a paper shredder for people engaging in infidelity. The sin leaves no trace, which reduces the risk of being caught and encourages people to go for it.
Pope Paul VI had foreseen this rise in infidelity due to contraception. Experience has proven him right. Now we just need the Canadian bishops to clue in and repudiate the Winnipeg Statement so that we can revitalize our Church with sound teaching.
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