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WASHINGTON (Rotting) - Democratic Bush family-planning Chief Keroack in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary said birth control, pregnancy tests, breast-cancer screening and other health services encourages sexual abstinence among teens. An HHS spokeswoman said a chain of Boston-area pregnancy clinics advocate abstinence as a way to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and that people who have more than one sex partner have a diminished neurological capacity to experience loving relationships. Democrats will have the power to force California Rep. Henry Waxman to chair the Rules that oversee our nation's most pressing problem that the president did not get.
2006-11-20 13:27:09 · 9 answers · asked by thepaxilman 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-11-20 13:30:05 · answer #1 · answered by beek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“Do you want real love?”
If genuine love has escaped you thus far, if think you’ve already found that perfect someone, or if regrets and confusion have made you wonder if the love you’ve dreamed of really exists, the following pages have been written for you.
If you’re like me, you’ve been told that sex is bad. But when you ask why, you hear something like, “It’s just bad, so don’t do it,” or “You’ll get a disease or get pregnant!” While I’m sure you realize that sex has its consequences—and they might be bad if they happen—these reasons aren’t always convincing.
Our generation has been taught how to avoid venereal infections, but what we really want to know is how to find, build, and maintain a relationship of real love. Sex is supposed to be a great gift, so it’s easy to get tired of hearing about the diseases and unwed pregnancy rates. If you’re ready for a different approach, and you want the gift of sex to be as great as it was meant to be, read on.
“How do I find love?”
Everyone wants love. Everyone longs to give himself or herself to another. We’re made for love, and that need in us is so deep that many would rather risk getting pregnant or getting an STD than live without love. We may be willing to take these risks because the world tells us that sex equals love. Then we see relationships in which sex destroyed love, and we wonder what went wrong. The only solution capable of breaking through this hurt and confusion is the virtue known as chastity.
“What’s chastity?”
Chastity is a virtue (like courage or honesty) that applies to a person’s sexuality. It means that you take all of your sexual desires and order them according to the demands of real love. For example, when you love a person, you make whatever sacrifice is best for them and you do whatever is necessary to keep from harming them. Chastity means that you take this definition of love and apply it to sex.
Some think that chastity simply means “no sex.” But that’s abstinence: focusing on what you can’t do and can’t have. Chastity is what you can do and can have, right now: a lifestyle that brings freedom, respect, peace, and even romance—without regret. Chastity frees a couple from the selfish attitude of using each other as objects, thus making them capable of true love.
2006-11-20 21:34:21 · answer #2 · answered by Br. Dymphna S.F.O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, they ARE right. Abstinence IS the best way to prevent pregnancy and STDs. That's a fact. But it doesn't mean sex is bad. But protection is important if they are going to have sex. Too many people are having unprotected sex and I think protection (condoms) should be encouraged rather than abstinence. No one will stay abstinent for too long, so maybe they will protect themself when the time comes, hopefully.
2006-11-20 21:31:25 · answer #3 · answered by Maria Isabel 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
... sadly I must say that religions are about the only thing that can encourage abstinence. I agree that teens shouldn't have sex but I don't think it's fare to teach one religion as the only way and how do pregnancy tests encourage kids to be abstinent?
2006-11-20 21:29:36 · answer #4 · answered by spirenteh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is yet another example of political self deception that is totally meaningless and a complete waste of time and money. Governmental agencies make a series of false assumptions to justify erroneous positions to maintain operating budgets for the coming fiscal year. All of this is without any validity for any purpose whatsoever and accomplishes absolutely nothing except to fund the salaries of those engaged in this meaningless and pointless activity.
2006-11-20 21:37:43 · answer #5 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abstinance-only education has been a complete farce.
2006-11-20 21:30:43 · answer #6 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey moron teenagers are not stupid if you show them the truth they will listen regardless of peerpressure. It`s real simple JUST DON`T DO IT. It`s like dont take a gun and kill someone. It`s called common sense.
2006-11-20 21:30:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Im not a teen and I can afford a kid. I dont wanna stop f-kin'.
2006-11-20 21:31:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Abstinence-only is a fairy tale.
2006-11-20 21:38:14 · answer #9 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋