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Contraception is "Evil"? Yes, According to the Catholic Church

As a number of Catholic Diocese organizations fight being required to have even a peripheral involvement in providing contraception to employees, it is instructive to note the tactics that are being utilized in an effort to prevail.  Attorneys arguing for the organizations recently asserted that requiring contraception to be provided would be "facilitating or enabling evil".  Contraception, something which is practiced by myriad individuals throughout the world in order to prevent pregnancy, as has long been the case, is "evil"?  Is this an example of respectful dissent?  Does such condemnation follow Church tenets of respecting and loving one's neighbor even when one disagrees with the individual? I wonder what the modern, honorable Pope Francis would think, this the man who said, "Who am I to judge?" when asked whether he supported homosexuality.
Does the Diocese recognize the offense that it is hurling at millions of decent, honorable people by this smear, this at it seeks to remain mired in the Middle Ages? If the use of contraception is "evil", should there not be an interrogation of churchgoers as to whether they accept the practice before they are permitted to sit at a service or receive Holy Communion?  If it is "evil", should the wicked not be excommunicated?
The Church is entitled to wage a costly legal battle to avoid the contraception insurance mandate, but one would think that it might employ a modicum of decency and civility as it swims against the tide.  
If preventing an unwanted pregnancy is "evil", how would one classify bringing a child into the world for whom the parent(s) are unable and/or unwilling to provide care?

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