[Campion]

You would be surprised. This issue is being quietly discussed by a number of church leaders, and my own synod's (LCMS) bioethicists is openly against the BC pill and not to fond of condoms.

That's a good thing. :-) Of course, the LCMS is pretty small-c catholic ... those Lutheran bioethicists probably study Papal encyclicals when they think nobody's watching. ;-)

[redgolum]

More likely early church fathers, Luther, Walther, etc.

Contraception was placed in the "don't know Scripturally" category in the 50's by most Lutherans, which is odd since for the longest time it was "be fruitful and multiply!". My Grandfather had only two kids (due to my Grandmother having health issues that made it hard for her to have kids), but he came from a family of 12. Even when I was growing up, most families had 3-4 kids, with a few having 8 or more.