July 29, 1968
by Janine Stephenson
Becca is swearing up and down and back and forth that she will not step inside a church. Pope Paul has officially banned birth control. They announced it today. I think Becca knew this was coming all along. She keeps up with these types of things.
Since she has not been attending church regularly, I think Becca is being overly dramatic. Do you know how many Catholics say that they will never go back to church, only to come back again? Something bad happens and sure enough, they're sitting in a pew saying their Hail Marys. I wonder how God puts up with it, the whole love/hate relationship? Maybe that's why he loves everyone unconditionally. He knows how fickle human beings are, especially when it comes to temporary matters.
I think Becca is mostly upset because she thinks the Pope is just like her Father, telling her how to be and what to do.
She says that I would feel the same way she does, if I was going all the way with a boy right now. I suppose that would be true. But I just wonder what kind of effect something like that has on your body. Also, birth control is against the law, at least for people like Becca and me.
But Becca thinks that laws are stupid. They're only meant to make life harder instead of easier. Laws are a weapon that authorities use to keep people under control. That's what she says, anyway.
