Sweden, society’s attitudes towards teenage sexual relationships are liberal, and sexual and reproductive health issues are given high priority. Genital chlamydial infections have increased from 14 000 cases in 1994 to 22 263 cases in 2001, 60% occurring among young people, and with the steepest increase among teenagers. Thus, a question of major concern is whether and how adolescent sexual behaviour has shifted towards more risky practices during the late 1990s. Netherlands and Belgium were the first countries to give full marriage rights to homosexuals. In the United States some politicians propose “civil unions” that give homosexual couples the full benefits and responsibilities of marriage. These civil unions differ from marriage only in name.
Meanwhile in the Netherlands polygamy has been legalised in all but name. Last Friday the first civil union of three partners was registered. Victor de Bruijn (46) from Roosendaal “married” both Bianca (31) and Mirjam (35) in a ceremony
2007-05-14 11:58:49 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
True Christians concern themselves with their own morality.
Phony Christians concern themselves with the morality of others.
You seem to be the second.
2007-05-14 13:23:21 · answer #1 · answered by Hero and grunt 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Polygamy shouldn't be an issue of "godless Europe," since many Mormons used to practice, and some still do practice, polygamy.
Civil unions don't hurt anybody.
We didn't want to know about the infections, that's just gross. It's a serious probloem, but can you prove it's related to religion?
2007-05-14 12:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by rebekkah hot as the sun 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have a problem with your stating rates of change as constants at a moment in time. It is mathematically unwise to do such a thing without a lot of back up in your presumptions as to what lead to such an occurrence. I would also like to bring your attention to the fact that you haven't considered the fact that your population is increasing at at an exponential rate in a finite area. This would lead to an increasing rate of rate of change of interaction between individuals for a moment in time. That means your rate of 60% might be a constant as you increase at every moment in time for a population as you move forward in time. It is more likely that it would an increasing rate with respect to time because of the properties of exponential growth. Now you have to ask yourself is that rate increasing or decreasing at this moment in time to find out if that factor has been affecting it in a negative way. Numbers don't mean **** if you don't know how to use them.
2007-05-14 12:15:13 · answer #3 · answered by Michael M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-03 22:35:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice try.
STD rates are higher in the US than in Europe:
"Although the late twentieth century STD epidemic has been curtailed in all prosperous democracies (Aral and Holmes; Panchaud et al.), rates of adolescent gonorrhea infection remain six to three hundred times higher in the U.S. than in less theistic, pro-evolution secular developed democracies. At all ages levels are higher in the U.S., albeit by less dramatic amounts."
2007-05-14 12:08:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and their crime rates are nearly non-existent. Children speak at a minimum 4 languages fluently by the time they reach the age of 12. Their education and healthcare systems are without peer.. absolutely we should.
2007-05-14 12:06:20 · answer #6 · answered by Kallan 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
So, thats not quite a 100% increase in chlamydia cases....and only 22K cases? Thats miniscule...
Now, for a real comparison, please check the statistics of teen pregnancy in America, where we attempt to teach complete abstinence.... Check and see just how many teens in America honor their virginity pledges... And, check and report to us how much STDs have increased in America since 1994.
2007-05-14 12:07:25 · answer #7 · answered by Athiests_are_dumb 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The US could possibly take a tip from these. There is no need to hurry; it will take time for the effects of European liberalization to appear, as well as time for American attitudes to evolve in that direction.
2007-05-14 12:04:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Like what, love the environment and promote humanitarian concerns? Have you been to Europe? How are you hurt by a three way marriage?
2007-05-14 12:03:32 · answer #9 · answered by Yancy 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Did you just pull all that information out of your head or are you going to give credit to the author of what you just quoted, plagiarizer?
EDIT: Thank you Brother Nigel, for citing your source...
2007-05-14 12:04:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋