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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is so wrong with wanting to have sex with your husband without wanting to procreate?

And if one spouse is known to be incapable of conceiving, does that mean you can never have sex, since sex is solely for procreating?[/quote]

One last response for now, because my break is almost up...

Sex is not solely for procreating.  This is the greatest bit of misinformation out there about Church teaching.

Sex is unitive and procreative by its very nature.  But women are only fertile during childbearing years, and even then, only a few days a month, at most.  Both men and women can suffer from infertility.  So the vast majority of the time, sex is not ACTUALLY procreative.

But it needs to be respected for its complete meaning, every time.  So even when it is definitely infertile sex--like during a pregnancy--its meaning remains.  It is a physical restatement of the marriage vows:  I give myself to you totally, freely, completely, nothing held back.

Will stop by later...[/quote]

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