God, sex and surrogacy

Whoa!Hold the horses Rev. Mar Varkey Vithayathil! For Christ's sake don't decry scientific evolution to uphold a lopsided moral injunction. The Assisted Reproductive Technologies Bill (RTB), 2010, which intends to legalise surrogacy, has evidently send shivers down the spine of the Archbishop of the Syro Malabar Church (Catholic). Cardinal Vithayathil has accorded the Bill apocalyptic proportions with regard to moral and social fabric of our nation.
He views surrogacy as a direct challenge to God Almighty's exclusive right over procreation - "We shall not play God and opt for fabrications of humans at our own designs." Good Lord, Archbishop you make surrogacy sound akin to a factory for manufacturing synthetic beings designed to resemble humans. It's still the fusion of God given good old sperm and ova, isn't it? What is it that is worrying Rev. Vithayathil? The absence of sex to facilitate the fusion or the borrowed womb wherein the embryo is finally lodged? The former seems to be of paramount concern to the Archbishop. "One can have a child without any relation to sex and one can have sex without any relation to procreation. This separation will play havoc with biological system and create a permissive society." Ahem! If this be the case then surrogacy sure is sounding the death knell of sex and procreation just as condoms are jeoperdising the perpetuation of human race! 'Sex for procreation' is a very, very striking spiritual slogan but it's practical application is negligible amongst the majority of population. 'As far as procreation through sex only' is concerned, wonder what solution Cardinal Vithayathil has for couples who for some biological snags are unable to beget children according to the process legitimised by the Lord? "To have a child one cannot take recourse to any means and technology possible," asserts the Cardinal. Hmmmm... well this poses a serious question on the divine legitimacy of life saving advances made in the field of medical science - organ transplant, reconstructive surgery, blood tranfusion, artificial replacement of joints etc.- as most involve extensive use of means and technology developed by man to alter an undesirable God given condition.
As far as dangers of surrogacy encouraging sexual permisiveness are concerned, I am unable to find a plausible explanation for the alarm, until there is be an oblique reference to homosexual couples. If this be the case, the assertion is no less amusing. Homosexual couples might use surrogacy to have a child but it certainly will not tempt people to go gay!
The Church's concern over the RTB dealing a blow to the institution of marriage and concept of family ties, is, however, not altogather misfounded. But it should be borne in mind that the use or abuse of best human advancements rests solely with human conscience. Unlike Cardinal Vithayathil I don't label such attempts as "playing God with science" but moving closer to 'God through science'.