The Truth is all of Christianity has taught contraception was inherently sinful from the time of the Apostles until just 80 years ago, when some Christian churches caved on the issue. It has nothing to do with “a celibate telling them how to be happy in marriage” and everything to do with a constant universal teaching of Christianity that came from God, not men.
Here’s a comment on the wwweb:TFS-plh posted on Mar. 24, 2011.
I want to ditto Pat’s gratitude. A female sibling one and one half years younger than I was born with congenital issues that left her a vegetable. She lived 5 years. These were the years my mother needed extra comfort from her husband, but he kept his distance secondary to wanting to maintain abstinence so another child wouldn’t complicate their lives more. Mom had enough to do caring for this non-responsive child, she didn’t need more. At the time all I understood was that I liked the comfort of my mother sleeping with me. At that time in history there were no support groups and because the situation was so painful and no one knew what to do they stayed away. And then Dad kept his distance also. Mom never recovered emotionally. She grew into a screaming, ranting bitter old lady. Dad just shook his head in confusion. Because Mom was such a hand full, though he loved her dearly, during the last few days of his life he didn’t have the energy to deal with her so he refused to have her at his bedside.
Abtinence was the opposite of what my parents needed to survive this life - but because Mom was a loyal Catholic other methods were out of the question.
http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/new-birth-control-commission-papers-reveal-vaticans-hand?page=1