being true to God

Recently, a volunteer at the center asked me to contribute to a cause the mission of which runs counter to Catholic teaching. I had checked it out online and discovered that there is a link under "Parent Education" that tells parents how to teach their children about "safe sex"--condoms being one way. Also, it touts masturbation as a good thing. The underlying message is sex outside of marriage is a good thing, a fact of life, a way of life for everyone. She got very angry with me when I told her that, in good conscience, I could not support this endeavor because of its messages. (To be fair, it does do some good work out in the community, too.) She said she supports things with which she doesn't agree if a loved one or friend asks her to do so. Besides, she said, she doesn't agree with everything LifeCare Center East stands for, like abstinence only education. She threatened to go find some other pro-life organization to support that best fits her true self.

I'm mulling over how to respond to her. Actually, I've been praying intensely about it. There are several things about her reaction that are troublesome. First, is she really using blackmail by saying she's going to have to go elsewhere with her support to coerce me into supporting the organization? Why would she want me to do something that is against my conscience AND, more specifically, against HER Church teaching? That seems unfair at best and immoral at the worst. And, now that the truth about her thinking has come out, what do I, as the executive director of LCCE, do with it? Should I tell her she's no longer welcome to volunteer where she doesn't agree with all of our work (not just the feel good social service of contributing/giving out material goods to the poor, which is what I think she's supported). My fear is she will tell our clients that sex outside of marriage, contraception, masturbation, etc. are just fine. That message would be harmful to our clients, as well as contrary to what we are about as an organization (not to mention it is not the truth which is what the Catholic Church teaches). My last two thoughts here are the most important. I can deal with blackmail. I can deal with her tempting me to sin (by trying to get me to support something evil) because I see through her manipulations. However, I don't believe I can risk someone steering our clients into sin. As Christians, we are called to do ONLY good...That is our mission at LifeCare Center East, too. If I allow her to represent the center, I run the risk that harm will be done to our clients. For the sake of her soul, I must say something to her. She may or may not take it well. She may not want to hear the truth. So be it. I still must remind her, as gently as possible, what the truth is regarding this matter. It will be challenging. It won't be fun. However, for the sake of souls (hers, mine and our clients), I must do it. Pray for me; pray for this person.

I do wonder where she'll find a pro-life organization within which the people think abstinence isn't the best thing to teach. I, myself, don't know of any. Anything other than abstinence before marriage and sex within marriage only is not life-giving or pro-life.