Anyone remember my rant about that Abstinance commercial? No? Of course not, that's what the link is for. My dearly departed sister read it though, and had some interesting comments to add. She dates more than I do too, so you should probably listen to her on this one, kiddies. And so:

"If you have sex before you're married, you could contract a sexually-transmitted disease or have a child before you're ready. Not having sex is the best way to help all of your dreams come true!"

The thing that jumps out at me about this little piece of idiocy is that if you have sex AFTER you're married you could STILL contract a STD, if the person you married had been fucking around, before of after the nuptuals. Wouldn't that just bite the big one? To wait until marriage, and then get that not so fresh feeling, head to the doctor and find out that your sweet new spouse has a past they hadn't mentioned? And, again, you could have a child before you're ready after getting married, if you're dumb enough not to use proper birth control methods. Neither of those two horrible things they're trying to scare people with have a direct correlation with sex before marriage. They have a direct correlation with stupidity. So once and for all, folks:

The only way to be absolutly sure you're not going to get an STD is to only screw around with virgins who've just gotten out from under the thumbs of over protective parents. Not just any virgins, mind you, 'cause you can be a virgin on a technicality and still have some problems.

The only way to be absolutly sure you're not going to have a baby before you're ready is not to have sex. Before marriage, after marriage, doesn't matter. Mistakes happen. *grin* Okay, that's a little harsh. But I think that anyone who wants to reduce the teen pregnancy rate should be putting money in a fund to provide free Norplant to anyone under the age of 18 who wants it. But they shouldn't lie to the kiddies. Waiting to get married before having sex isn't going to stop you from getting pregnant before you're ready, unless the only qualification for ready is legally wed, not emotionally/financially prepared and wanting a kid. Birth control is going to stop you from getting pregnant. Can I hear an Amen, brothers and sisters!?!

'K. 'Nough of that.