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I'm conceding the harms in fornication itself, which would happen regardless of whether or not contraceptives were available. also, a lot of problems could be eliminated by discouraging FORNICATION, not just "easy consequence-free sex."
we've had 50 years of POOR education. that's why I said educate people BETTER. and also, ya know, stop encouraging teenagers to sleep around with each other. that doesn't mean BANNING contraception at all.
you missed the point entirely. what I'm saying is that outright BANNING something just because SOME people misuse it is stupid, especially when it benefits a lot of people who DON'T misuse it. think of all the married couples that use contraception. why should THEY be punished for someone else's actions?
there's not even any law that says you can't have sex with someone you're not married to, so even though it's immoral you CAN'T just ban contraception to stop something that's not even illegal in the first place.
Who the heck fornicates without contraception? It is the sine qua non of fornication
How about advocating chastity and continence? Wouldn't that be better education than teaching them how to use birth control and fornicate with it?
There are theological reasons why contraception (even in cases of marriage) are immoral, and it's somewhat involved and I don't want to go into it. But on the whole, the harms of making contraception widely available outweigh any benefits they may accrue.
There used to be laws against fornication, just like there used to be laws against birth control and sodomy. They were repealed by, most likely, free masons in order to destroy the morality of Americans.