Everyone has the freedom to choose their actions, but they can't choose the consequences.  Why is abstience from high risk choices (alcohol, drugs, sexual activity, and pornography) the most imporatnt issure?  The answer is because promiscuity (sex outside of marriage) consequences are the number one cause of:

• abortion (55 million since 1973)
• single parenthood
• over 40% of all children born out of wedlock
• divorce (50% of marriages end in divorce)
• improper bonding between parents and children and in other relationships
• broken future relationships
• welfare ($12 TRILLION has been spent on welfare since the war on poverty began and now there are more people living in poverty than when we started!  Teen mothers often drop out of school and live in poverty with their children.)
• sexually transmitted disease (65 million young people have incurable STDs)

Standards that protect us from pronography, child molestation, abuse, sex trafficking, and sexual addiction are eroding our society and children and families are paying a high price by suffering the consequences of negative choices.  The media consistently feeds all of us the message that high risk behaviors come without consequences.

It's important to think for yourself and realize how choices you make such as the friends you hang around, music you listen to, what you watch on TV, videos, and the internet influence you!  You have tremendous worth as a human being and a great potential to do good in this world.  Are you up to the challenge?  If not you, then who will change our world for the better?

Resource: National Abstinence Dlearinghouse e-newsletter, 12/2011

Reasons to Wait to Have Sex

What Do You Believe?
Young people get their information about sex and relationships from a variety of sources. These sources often conflict with more traditional ideas about marriage, family, and sexual abstinence. With so many influences bombarding youth today, it is easy to mistake myths about sex with facts. This may create a risk of sexual consequences that can affect both immediate and long term futures. If you have questions about sex, ask someone you trust, like a parent, teacher, or other reliable source. The information is out there and you are taking a gamble with your future if you do not learn the facts and understand the dangers.