In the Battle Against AIDS, What's Really Important?

Melinda Gates (the other half of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) has a question. The answers are likely to be provocative, depending on who you ask:

Raised in Dallas, Ms. Gates attended high school at the private, Roman Catholic, all-girls Ursuline Academy, which stressed public service. Her remarks at the opening of the conference suggested she is willing to place that priority ahead of Catholic doctrine, which frowns on the use of condoms for birth control, though she didn't name the Church specifically.

“In the fight against AIDS, condoms save lives,” she said. “If you oppose the distribution of condoms, something is more important to you than saving lives.”