Originally posted by Davo:I must have answered this question a half-dozen times or so already. Could it be he supports abstinence because it's the only way to prevent pregnancy and STDs?? I don't see anything religious or moral about that.
Wonderful theory - now take the next step and explain what kind of success you expect to see from such a plan, when we're talking about the most powerful instinct there is.
It goes beyond naive or arrogant to think that just because abstinence it the only way to absolutely prevent pregnancy or STDs, that teaching only abstinence will significantly reduce the same.
It never did during some of the most repressive times in human history when church and government exercised a lot more control over people than they do today, and it certainly won't work in a (relatively) enlightened 21st century western society.
It makes me wonder if the objective really is to reduce teenage pregnancy or STDs, or perhaps, to try to impose a religious-based morality.
