I have to mention this story which I posted once long ago and was told to me by someone.
A priest came to do a Parish Mission which was very well attended. On his final night, he spoke passionately about Life and included contraception in his talk.
After Mass, a woman who was a "Brahmin" in the Parish, a member of the Pastoral Council, who led all the fundraisers, was on every conceivable Committee, who sang each Sunday (etc., etc.) approached him outside in the view of all. In an accusatorial tone, she told him that she was a "good Catholic," but that the Church had decided this long ago. She said that some families just cannot be "as big" as others would have them be. As such, certain precautions were needed. She asked pointedly if the priest really meant that contraception, in HIS view, was a mortal sin? The priest tried to take her aside, tried to make it a private discussion, but she begged the question again in a loud voice. Finally, he replied "no, m'am. It is a mortal sin in the Church's view. That is a dogmatic teaching and it's not negotiable."
The woman left that night and never came back.
Fr. John Corapi has mentioned stories analogous to this over the years. Sometimes, people will walk away just as the crowd walked away from Jesus after His discourse on the Eucharist. Remember their words, "This is a hard saying."
Indeed.
On this point, I noticed in the video clip that Hannity tried the "NFP is the same as contraception" dodge with Father E. Who does he think he's fooling (other than himself)? If NFP and artificial contraception of any kind were practically, that is, "in practice," the same, then who would do anything but NFP? Why would anyone pay the cost, experience the inconvenience, run the health risks, of artificial contraceptive or sterilization ... if it were "just the same as"?
We know better; it's not the same. NFP requires maturity, discipline and faith.
(p.s. Thanks for the article link, above. I will print the article for some of my friends.)