Teens who pledge abstinence just as likely to get STDs.

[Swede]

Teens who take abstinence pledges are almost as likely to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases as kids who don't, according to a new study that found pledgers tend to substitute other risky behavior for regular intercourse.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1498328/20050321/index.jhtml?headlines=true

[deadparrot]

1. That's a shocker. nt

[lonestarnot]

2. Cracks me up every time I see this... Seen and heard it at least 25 X this

week. So much for the abstinence theory egh?

[DemBones DemBones]

3. No surprise to me. Our state health department reported

back in the 1980s that many teenagers were having anal sex as a way to avoid pregnancy and "maintain virginity." :eyes:

We teachers were told about it in conjunction with teaching about AIDS prevention.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. They are getting them from toilet seats at bible camp.

No. Really.

[FlemingsGhost]

5. Aren't many of these pledgers Christians? ... Baby Jesus is crying.

Anal SEX and oral SEX is PRE-MARITAL SEX... a sin.

And we all know what happens to sinners, right? They burn in hell! (And it sure isn't looking good for them when the Rapture comes.)

Enjoy Spring Break, kids.

[Memekiller]

6. What are you saying?

Are you saying they LIED to their parents about not having sex? Is that what you're saying to me? These kids just took the oath to please their parents? That we told them not to have sex, they promised not to, and they went ahead and dit it anyway?

What's this world coming to.