The problem with the Catholic outlook on birth control is that they place the blame for all moral failure on it. They claim it's the CAUSE of our problems.
That's all backwards. In reality, it's a SYMPTOM of our problems.
Sin is the cause. Sin begins in the heart long before it is manifest in the actions.
If birth control were totally eliminated from our culture today, the problems we have would continue because the problem is in the inherent sin nature of man. It's WHO HE IS, not what he does. What he does is merely a reflection of who he is inside.
However, birth control is a very convenient scapegoat and, as we can see here, a very easy thing to blame non-Catholics for.
It's disingenuous to blame all the problems of our country on *the other guys* when Catholics by every indication going, are the group who, as a whole, have more consistently voted far more liberal than Protestants, and in countries where Catholicism is the majority religion, are the poorest and have the most problems with syncretism.
Great post.
Substitute birth control with pornography and you have same problem. Nonetheless both are forbidden and the Did ache makes that clear. People are angry with the Catholic Church for not allowing them their sin of choice, be it pharmakeia, porneia, or abortion. They will argue to the death for their right to sin and take that rebellion to their judgment, except they repent and believe.