MarkS, I think you nailed it. For whatever reason, there are many religious tenets against enjoying sex. So, if you are not supposed to enjoy it, then something that allows you to have sex relatively without physical consequences, must necessarily be "bad." Now, why religions continue to stick with that admonition and why so many followers follow it, is another whole issue.

Interesting to note, though, that there is evidence that many people who are against contraception in principle (principal?) are more likely to get STDs or pregnant from unprotected sex. T'is the truth that "sex happens." And if we are at prepared for it, the outcomes will most likely be far less harsh. Honest education about and access to contraception are the cure.

Saul