Posted by
David Smith on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:26:09 PM
OK, I'll admit it--I got this off of foxnews.com. I know that automatically makes the news item factually biased to at least 40% of the viewing audience. But the only thing I read was the headline, so cut me some slack, OK?
25% of teenage girls have one of the many sexually transmitted diseases available. So can we start teaching abstinence, yet? I mean, it's not like teenage pregnancy and abortion isn't enough to warrant discussing abstinence. Then there's the emotional havoc that sex at a young age will wreak on the human mind and psyche. Is that enough reason?
Then there's the whole issue with women having sex before they are 21 having about a billion times more liklihood of having cervical cancer later in life. That's, of course, a little bit more than exaggerated. But not by much.
I know, I know--the Liberal agenda is to remove any and all restrictions from sexual activity--which is why the New York Times is riding New York State Governor Elliot Spitzer for his sexual exploits now, right? Sarcasm, of course. But seriously, when was the last time you heard a Democrat, a Liberal or a left wing loony toon deriding their own for their sexual exploits? After all, "It's only sex," right? Heaven forbid a Republican should engage in text messaging Pages in Congress or tap his foot in an airport restroom stall, though. Geez, doomsday approaches in such a case.
There is absolutely no reason for a teenager to be engaged in sexual activity. NONE!!
Boys. Girls. They're just kids, whether they want to admit it or not. We forbid them from purchasing cigarettes and booze, they cannot enter into a contract to buy a car or an insurance policy...yet they are capable of dealing with all of the smut that comes along with sex? Right.
Now, let's get something straight. Sex is the most beautiful thing in the world when engaged in properly. It allows two people to become closer to one another than anyone else on the planet. It literally allows the two to be as one! It is the gift of a loving God who created us. He did not intend for us to use it as a power thing, as in rape. He did not intent for diseases to be spread across the whole of the planet through this marvelous gift. And he danged sure didn't intend for us to use it as strictly a recreational means of self-edification. Being that two are involved in intercourse, ask anyone who has had bad sex what it makes them feel like. It makes them feel used and unappreciated.
Former University of Texas Lonhorn Football Coach Darrell Royal had a funny saying as it pertained to passing the football. In an era in which college ball was about running the pigskin, Royal said, "There are three things that can happen when you pass the ball and two of them are bad!"
Paraphrasing Coach Royal, there are three things that can happen as a result of sex and two of them are bad! Where Royal referred to incompletions, interceptions and receptions, I refer to abortion, disease and happy families. Actually, that leaves single mothers never married, rape and a whole litany of other negatives out of my illustration. But I think that illustrates my point sufficiently.
It is time to teach abstinence. And it is time to get really danged graphic about it. Show the little boys pictures of male genitals with syphillis. Show girls what cervical cancer looks like and what it does to their bodies. Talk about what sex does to the human mind, because it does a number on our minds. When one engages in sexual intercourse, it is not just a physical act. It is an act of letting another person into our soul. It literally exposes a piece of us that only one other person should ever see, and one that we should only see of one other ideally.
Our society has devolved the act of sex into a physical act not unlike taking out the garbage or going to the gym. It is simply something that we either "have" to do to survive or we choose to do to build ourselves up to appear to be more than we really are. But the idea of meeting the needs of others around us has been totally thrown out the window. And that is what we must redisccover--that it is not only OK to serve others, but it is desirable. And as far as sex goes, it is best to engage in only in a commited, monogomous relationship between a man and a woman who have dedicated the rest of their lives to meeting the needs of their spouse. Financially, emotionally, psychologically, physically--and yes, sexually--meeting the needs of that one special person in their lives.
25% of your girls are walking around with syphillis, AIDS, etc. Way to go, America!
If we don't start teaching abstinence, Elliot Spitzer should be named Obama's Vice Presidential candidate, because that is our new example. Just chew on that for a while. #9 for #2.