[AnAmericanMother]

The suggestion of the Episcopalians was more in jest than in earnest. I wouldn't wish that collection of heretical loons on my worst enemy, let alone a fellow FReeper.

But jilliane, here's where I am absolutely serious:

Your ideas have already been tried. They failed. I was there - I was a sixth-generation Episcopalian and in that church for 47 years - and I saw it happen. The fruits were sin, misery, the probable loss of souls to utter unbelief, and the destruction of a denomination.

You need to rethink this. Preferably with a spiritual director.

[jilliane]

And in all absolute seriousness, refusal to allow contraception would surely create more problems than it may solve if Catholic priests marry. It would cause a complete change and then the recognition of the church would be gone.