Finally, careful consideration should be given to the danger of this power [regarding artificial methods of birth control] passing into the hands of those public authorities who care little for the precepts of the moral law. Who will blame a government which in its attempt to resolve the problems affecting an entire country resorts to the same measures as are regarded as lawful by married people in the solution of a particular family difficulty? Who will prevent public authorities from favoring those contraceptive methods which they consider more effective? Should they regard this as necessary, they may even impose their use on everyone. It could well happen, therefore, that when people, either individually or in family or social life, experience the inherent difficulties of the divine law and are determined to avoid them, they may give into the hands of public authorities the power to intervene in the most personal and intimate responsibility of husband and wife.
Make no mistake about it - this only begins with government forced coverage of contraception. Once our leaders buy into the lie that "pregnancy is more expensive" than contraception and the larger lie of overpopulation, the forced purchase of contraception may be the least of our worries.
I noticed Vox Nova (aka the "Catholic Kos Kids") put the same quote up on their blog. Of course, the paeans to all things Obama soon followed in the combox.
ReplyDeleteUntil bishops - and their priests - get the courage to preach on these matters from the pulpit on an occasional basis, the faithful will still long to dance to the tunes of sex without consequence, marriage without effort, and the "easy outs" of abortion and divorce. Make no mistake - American Catholics long to be "like the other nations."