re: #84 zombie

I only glanced at the article, but Bristol seemed to take a reasoned position: Abstinence is admirable — but admittedly difficult to maintain, as she personally can attest.

A substantial portion of teenaged boys so desperately want to break their abstinence pledge — but no girl will consent to help them break it.

Dorkiness and acne are more powerful social forces than all the social conservatives in the world.

I wish it was like that in NZ. My 16yr old son has taken a personal pledge of abstinence and he is constantly challenged BY THE GIRLS as to why he would want to not have sex. It is crying shame, these are pretty young girls with their whole futures ahead of them and our education system refuses to allow any teacher to teach that abstaining from sex is actually a valid option. I pray for my son and his need for strength.