tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post7404304001247248362..comments2023-12-02T05:36:17.832-05:00Comments on Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection?: America's Top Teen SpokesMom -- For Abstinence? Huh?Debra W. Haffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018331891805010135noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-87414906896497328722009-05-06T17:29:00.000-04:002009-05-06T17:29:00.000-04:00But isn't it a valid position for Bristol to take ...But isn't it a valid position for Bristol to take that she didn't abstain but now wishes she had? What would be wrong with her saying that from here on out she plans to abstain until marriage becasue she has learned that sex and especially teen prengancy isn't worth it? <br /><br />Are you saying she should be out there saying, hey, teen sex is great, just don't get caught like I did? Maybe she really does wish she had been abstinent in retrospect.<br /><br />Many women I know who did have sex before marriage because the culture told them it was perfectly okay, normal and natural, honestly feel that those relationships saddled them with sexual baggage they regretted having when they did finally get married and come to enjoy a real, permanent relationship of complete self-giving. If they could do it over again, they would abstain. <br /><br />I know it doesn't necessarily follow that EVERYONE feels this way, but just because Bristol had sex, and ended up having a very public baby, doesn't mean that abstinence is a bad thing, or that she is a hypocrite for promoting it. Perhaps abstinence legitimately means more to her now that she is older, wiser and a parent herself.Pamhttp://www.exceptionalmarriages.com/weblognoreply@blogger.com