As a psychotherapist who treated many marriages, I have watched (with sadness) the many who have been under the impression that sex for other than procreation is a sin; that using contraceptives is a sin; and that masturbation is a sin. Everything is in perspective in the greater, real world.
Research that sex (that is orgasms) produce endorphins (the natural body opiate) which keeps many people feeling good and helps avoid clinical depression. Couples who do not want to have children for the good of the planet or for more personal reasons choose contraception (the healthy choice) over celibacy . Lastly, there are many who do not have partners and do not wish promiscuity. Masturbation is the preferred choice of handling those physical needs.with a choice of do-it-yourself kits on sale today.
Amanda Marcotte wrote an interesting article on Puritan Anti-Choicers trying to band birth control. The simple argument that 'if you don't feel it right for you, don't use it' doesn't work for them. They would have their rigid doctrine foisted on the unwilling. The bible was written before modern day contraceptives. Are we to be governed by some peoples' guesses as to what the yet-to-be-proved-there-is-one God has to say on the subject. We know what happened to the anti-sex Shakers. They became extinct. Click here for Marcette's article on attempts to ban birth control.
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