[Mortimer Snavely]

I hate abortion and homosexuality as much as any here and oppose it whenever the opportunity presents itself, but I have to say that until conservatives can defend and promote eroticism, as eroticism, (and I'm certainly not talking about dirty magazines, addled teenagers looking to score, or pecker heads and floozies shacking up together) as an inherently good thing outside of making babies, until the bonding and intimacy from such eroticism referred to earlier is looked upon as an inherently good thing, promoted, defended, and asserted as a primary motivating cause for the conservative frame of mind and world view, the Left is going to continue to command the field in the ideological conflict.

Contraceptives are a good thing in the hands of responsible people. In the hands of nutcases, libertines, and the lunatic lifestyle left, contraception fuses ideologically with abortion. This is a deliberate deception, but until conservatives can properly address sexuality as A Reason to Go On Living and Why This Is So, people will continue to be perceive the siren song of countercultural madness as the only valid view of sexuality, not being able to ultimately see the difference between abortion and the pill.

[JMJ333]

Wrong. Contraception is immoral and has lead directly to the devaluing of life. Its outlined as clear as crystal in the article. If you need more evidence see the post on the front page by polycarp.

If a single date could be identified as marking the historical break from the Christian consensus on traditional, natural-law principles of sexual morality — if one desired to highlight the West's very first official step down the slippery slope — then August 15,1930 must be chosen as that unhappy date. That was the day when the Lambeth Conference of the Church of England, by a vote of 193 to 67, approved a resolution which read in part:

Where there is a clearly felt moral obligation to limit or avoid parenthood, the method must be decided on Christian principles. The primary and obvious method is complete abstinence from intercourse (as far as may be necessary) in a life of discipleship and self-control lived in the power of the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless, in those cases where there is such a clearly felt moral obligation to limit or avoid parenthood, and where there is a morally sound reason for avoiding complete abstinence, the Conference agrees that other methods may be used provided that this is done in the light of the same Christian principles. The Conference records its strong condemnation of the use of any methods of conception-control for motives of selfishness, luxury, or mere convenience." [emphasis added] With that vote, the traditional moral unity of Christendom on this issue was broken.