Marriage = Children

Children are looked upon as gifts. Little miracles brought into the world by two people who are in love.  According to the Pope in 10 of his Humanae Vitae, "Married love, therefore, requires of a husband and wife the full awareness of their obligations in the matter of responsible parenthood,..." or parenthood at all really.   In this section the Pope refers to "responsible parenthood" but really he is talking about parenthood in general.  He says that it is important for every married couple to have children, because it is the will of "God." 

The Pope and all of his "peeps" are operating, and therefore preaching, under the understanding that God is the ultimate culture creator.  He is the one that makes the rest of us into "docile bodies."  We are to follow his every preaching, even though he never wrote any of it.  We are to conform into mini- nearly perfect- replaces of Jesus, or the disciples, or someone like that. We are to think as they thought, and do as they did, according to the bible. We are responsible for all sins, and those sins can be forgiven, but come on people, just avoid them in the first place. So when couples are deciding that they love each other, and are now beginning to re-define love into things that are not spoken of in the bible, the Pope and his peeps tend to disapprove.  

Parenthood is not a choice, it is a responsibility. Two Christians in love are required to have children and raise them as Christians.  In modern society, responsible parenthood is: not having children before marriage, caring for your children in a way that allows them to be successful, feeding them sufficiently, clothing them, helping with homework, teaching them morals.  For the church responsible parenthood is simply having children IF you are MARRIED! Because that is what love means, reproducing.  

Really the Pope, in this section, makes marriage and sex seem less about the love two people have for each other and more about fulfilling the will of God. Socially, people are not looking to please anyone but themselves, therefore the Pope's words are not going to go very far is they do not have any "benefit" for the reader. While devout, absolute Christians and self-less, today's culture has lead us to believe that to be successful we must be greedy, working to make the most money, to get ahead of the newest technologies, because those who create new things, are the most successful.  Babies may bring undesired amounts of financial burden, psychological stress and much more to couples, but unless they are willing to NOT HAVE SEX, the must have children. It is "God's will."  It's a little unrealistic to believe that every married couple can be society's "responsible parents" but according to the Pope, every married couple is capable of "responsible parenthood."  Good luck with all of that.