Is birth control a sin? Part 2

 

What started as a seemingly small controversy – the government requiring employers to provide healthcare coverage for employees that includes contraception – has turned into a major can of worms.

 

Turns out it’s not simply about the Catholic Church and birth control. It has become a discussion about an employer’s conscience versus the government’s demands.

 

We’ll save that for the next column. For now, let’s take a closer look at the Catholic Church’s stand on birth control.

 

Is birth control a sin? Part 1

 

With the advent of Obamacare, some employers objected to having to pay for birth control. My first reaction was, What a silly thing to be arguing about; a tempest in a teapot. I'm not going to let it distract me from the theme of my previous articles: churches following - or failing to follow - the Bible.

But as time passed, and it blew up into more tempest and less teapot, I've had to revise my view.