Hi Kevin, I read your articles and some of the commentary, I'm a little confused where you stand... on one hand you seem open to change/reform and yet you dig your heals in about contraception--even to the point of calling it a sin??  If you understand the need for reform in some areas of church rule/law, I assume this understanding is based on your acknowledgment that certain aspects of the human condition simply don't line up with church rule/law/doctrine. 

It is entirely feasible for you to believe/follow the dictates of HV but you must understand this is NOT God's law, nor is it equivalent to God's law. To assert that it is, IMO, only heightens the divide between the "ugly" dominion theology of yesteryear ("do this because Rome says so") and the post-VII reforms we are seeing today. FWIW, I've consulted with several parish priests over the years who support the *responsible* use of contraception, I trust they have employed the same God-given ability of discernment as you and I.