(Read it here.)

I was a bit disturbed to read an article in the Daily Kent Stater today. The idea behind it was that teenagers “are going to have sex, so we shouldn’t tell them not to.” His beef was with abstinence-only education, which teaches kids to not have sex. The alternative? Show them how to have sex in the safest way possbile, essentially giving such a harmful and dangerous activity (not to mention sinful) their endorsement. Incidentally, the same issue of the paper also had an article that stated that half–that’s right, one half–of all sexually active men and women will contract HPV, a sexually transmitted disease, at one point in their life. For women, getting the virus even once has been shown to double her odds of getting cervical cancer. Contracting it a second time means she will almost certainly develop cervical cancer.

According to a letter posted “in support” of better sex ed (ie, not abstinence-only), 1 in 4 sexually active teens contract an STD every year. To encourage these kids to have “safe sex” is like telling them they can drive recklessly, so long as they wear seatbelts–and helmets, if they want to be extra safe. This philosophy is idiotic, and is leading to the destruction of our nation’s very moral fiber.

Research shows that people who are abstinent before marriage are more content in marriage, less likely to divorce, and (obviously) less likely to contract STDs. If you want more information, there’s a decent article outlining some facts, with good documentation of resources here.

Let’s quit calling things natural and start calling them sin. Because I want to have sex doesn’t necessarily make it right or healthy in every circumstance. Because homosexuals face different temptations than the rest of us, that doesn’t make it ok for them to succomb to those temptations. Because I want things (but it’s natural, I think I have a stealing gene) doesn’t make it alright for me to steal.

Let’s not deceive kids into thinking that they can get away with sin if they just do it the “safe” way. Disease, divorce, or eternity will catch up to them, and we shouldn’t be the guilty ones.