Posted on 01/20/2007 12:54:51 PM PST by wagglebee
OK, thanks for your optimism.
BTW, Bob Barr just joined the Libertarian Party.
He's on "our" team, now.
4L
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." -Thomas Jefferson
As much as you would like for that to happen, it might not work out that way. After a certain point, even if she is not of the legal age of majority, she will be able to make her own decisions regarding her sexuality. You may not agree, but I feel that health is far more important that dogma.
I do not think that religion is the determing factor is sexual activity. I wasn't raised in a strict religious or moral home, I was actually raised by parents that felt it was important for me to make my own decisions. As a result of that I am a college student that made the decision to remain sexually inactive. It would be rediculous to make the statement that a lack of strict moral codes would lead to sexual activity.
She will not have sex before marriage. Abstinence is dd-able not dogma.
Birth control does not automatically lead to sexual activity. I, for instance, am on birth control because I have a hormonal deficit and the hormone therapy lessens symptoms of that deficit. I know several girls who are also on birth control for the hormonal aspect, such as regulating their cycles, who, like me, are not sexually active.
Abstinence by both husband and wife- a wedding ring won't stop transmission of the virus if Susie waited until her wedding night but Bobby, "boys being boys" and all, picked up the virus.
Do you want to bet your daughter's life on whether your son-in-law is a virgin?
Look up the stats on birth control pills. You will find it enables most teens and others. You are in the minority of why people start to take the pill in the first place.
Fear of pregnancy is a far greater reason to remain abstinent for teens than an STD many haven't even heard of. This vaccine will not have the same effect as contraception or abortion.
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