Cosmos~ Liturgy~ Sex: American Girls - sex, contraception and abortion

Thursday, October 20, 2005

American Girls - sex, contraception and abortion

What is the obsession of some organizations feeling they need assume the responsibility in educating young girls on sex, contraception and abortion. Planned parenthood is doing their part, with the Girl Scouts. It was recently discovered that the popular children's doll company, American Girls, is partnering with Girls Inc. Imagine if, instead of sex, organizations used the same educational philosophy for children on drugs and drug abuse/addiction. Programs could be set up to help our kids make "smart" decisions on drug use. If the kids decided they were ready to use drugs, than the focus would shift towards providing information and resources to ensure safe and responsible drug use. If children think they are ready to take drugs, we should respect their decision. For the sake of the children, drugs and drug paraphernalia could be provided at their local public school . Of course, the parents would not have the right to know their children decided to exercise their freedom to take drugs. If our children are going to take drugs, they should be provided with the education and means to make it as safe as possible. It's time we take our heads out of the sand and come to the realization that a program that teaches drug abstinence only, can never be effective. The drug abstinence program funds would be better spent on educating children on safe and responsible drug use.

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Anonymous said...: Abstinence education is part of the sex education programs...

Didn't you see the "Miracle of Life" video? I think that thing horrified all of the girls (and most of the boys) in my class. If we continue to use your tongue-in-cheek analogy to drugs, it was like showing the black lungs of a cigarette smoker, the damage done by a heroin or crack addict, etc.

I don't think there's a problem with teaching sex education. Is the act of teaching sex education to girl scouts what is really bothering you, or is it the fact that Planned Parenthood is teaching it that is the main thing that bothers you about it?; 10/21/2005 11:44:00 AM
shelray said...: Hi Anon,

If you look on Planned Parenthood’s website and look under TEEN – “health and safer sex”, here are some recommendations. (Of course, they mention abstinence, but just in case, try these smart decisions to lower the “risk” of sex)
Lower-risk sex play includes
· Masturbation
· Mutual masturbation
· Erotic massage
· Body rubbing
· Cypresses
· Kissing
· Deep kissing
· Oral sex
· Vaginal intercourse with a male or female condom
· Anal intercourse with a male or female condom

I agree with you that, sex education is important. Sex education that is age appropriate and parent approved.
The combination of teen girls and an organization that would recommend the above low risk sex recommendation to TEENS is very disturbing.; 10/21/2005 04:41:00 PM
islandcatholic said...: Shelray, I believe you have the correct insight into PP. In order to accomplish their anti-God and anti-family agenda they must weaken the bond between child and parent and then step in to indoctrinate the child to their perverse concept of sexuality and ethics. Here's an interesting link: http://www.vidahumana.org/english/family/ippf-sexed.html
Keep up the fight.; 10/21/2005 08:11:00 PM
Contradictory Ben said...: David,

How exactly do you believe decision-making about children's health should be carved up between professionals, the state, the parents, and the children themselves? To what extreme do you support the tyranny of parents over children's bodies?

islandcatholic,

If you really think that knowledge should never come between "the bond between child and parent", then how do you interpret:

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's foes will be those of his own household. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." (Matt. 10:34-8, RSV).; 10/24/2005 06:37:00 AM
islandcatholic said...: Contradictory Ben, that’s a very interesting quote from Jesus’ teaching. Many people find it shocking and difficult to understand. Jesus spoke these words to convey the cost of discipleship, of following Him. The point He was making was that if we allow anything or anyone, including parents who are closest to us, to stand in the way of following Him completely then we are not worthy of Christ, i.e. not worthy of calling ourselves Christians.
Therefore the Bible teaches us that our duty to follow Christ is greater than even the bond we have with our parents. So to put it another way, we must place the greatest importance in our lives on following Christ and His teachings, which to us are truth and life itself.
To illustrate this we can use the discussion at hand. Christ and His Gospel, reinforced by the teachings of Old and New Testaments, as well as by the constant teaching and tradition of the Church, maintain the God given responsibility of parents to wisely teach and guard the lives of their children until they themselves marry in order to start their own family.
No other person or agency will answer to God for the responsibility the parent has in this regard. The Church has a duty to help the parents in this task by fully proclaiming and defending the truth of Christ and His Gospel, but again, it is the parents who are entrusted with the care of their children. The YWCA, the government, school teachers, even a Sunday school teacher has no authority to usurp the right of the parents to train and protect their children in the way they think is best. Neither are any individuals or organizations allowed to subvert the wishes, intentions or even the traditions of the parents with respect to their children’s upbringing, even (and especially) if they think they know better than the parents.
This God given right of parents has been enshrined in the US Constitution as well but it has been eroded significantly in this past generation by judicial activism, especially the kind that allowed for the legalization of abortion.
Ben, I never said that knowledge should never come between “the bond between child and parent” as you inferred. I said that Planned Parenthood uses tactics to weaken and subvert the bond between parents and their children. In fact, Planned Parenthood has set itself up to “liberate” children and society from the “prudish” and “restrictive” sexuality taught by parents and Church. I think PP will be the first to acknowledge this. The problem is that in order to do so they must defy God, Jesus, Church, parents and every element of 2000 year old Christian society.
You may think that the relationship in society between parents and children is defective, limited, tyrannical, etc. etc. but the only relationship for which you have a God ordained responsibility is your own family. Beyond that, your (and my) input is welcome only if invited by a parent.
That’s God’s take on it, and I say that only on the authority of Scripture and the Church.
I hope you, like me, try to live as closely as possible under that authority.; 10/24/2005 03:01:00 PM
Anonymous said...: To what extreme do you support the tyranny of parents over children's bodies?

Ben are you serious on this one?; 10/24/2005 07:23:00 PM

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