Silver Ring Thing
THE STORY: CrossRoads Fellowship joined with Mid-Cities Church to bring in the nonprofit evangelical organization Silver Ring Thing and have the group put on a live event to entertain and spread its message of abstinence and purity rings to young people in Odessa-Midland.
THE LINK: www.oaoa.com/news/say-43292-teens-wait.html#slComments
>> noddybobump: “We already know that stuff like this does not curb teen sex—they just do other things to keep their virginity—you know, sex everywhere but that one place. Check the health department and they’ll tell you that every time there is one of these purity events a spike in non-genital STDS.”
>> dragonrider: “Sex education needs to deal with pregnancy prevention...not just hoping that the kids will “just say no”...it didn’t work with drugs and it sure as heck won’t work with sex ed...at least give the kids a fighting chance by arming them with information about alternatives. give them the information on STD’s and how to protect themselves when they do “stumble and fall from grace...”
>> octman: “The problem with america today is that there are too many non-educated pastors and priest telling parents how too raise their children. I know teens should not be having babies, but I also know you cant stop human nature. There are other books out there other than the bible you know.”
>> bundleofsticks: “I wish people would stop turning 1 issue into 5 or 6.
I mean seriously, the issue here is peer pressure. Listen to what the kids are saying, one said “abstinance isn’t as uncool as it used to be.”
That’s a nice way of saying my friends aren’t giving me crap about being a virgin.
The issue here is how to relieve peer pressure on students...
...sex, drugs and other school related issues would all decline if we spent more time on the cause rather than the symptoms.
Christians and Liberals battling back and forth over condoms doesn’t fix the fact that Jim’s friends are picking on him cause he’s not been layed. It also doesn’t fix the fact that Sandy has a poor self-esteem and thinks putting out is the only way she’ll be accepted.
This problem has nothing to do with condoms, and it has nothing to do with the lack of abstinance.
It’s about children being cruel to one another, pressuring eachother, and having low self-esteem issues.
The girl who thinks the most of herself is going to make a guy earn it. A guy who thinks enough of himself isn’t going to care what his friends say and may even dish some back when they razz him about being a virgin.
Fix the root cause, and throw out the fluff...please.”
