This is just hilarious. The “Liberty” Council, affiliated with Jerry Falwell’s “University” having the same name, has a rather peculiar way of celebrating Valentine’s Day. The call it “the Day of Purity”.
Liberty Counsel celebrates the tenth annual Day of Purity on February 14. This event is a call for youth of all ages to purity. Liberty Counsel promotes students wearing white on this day to symbolize their support for the Day of Purity.
The Day of Purity presents the opportunity for millions of youth to stand up for self-respect and purity. International interest has grown to 37 countries with people who have reached out in support of the Day of Purity. Thousands of youth and people of all ages from around the world will celebrate the tenth annual Day of Purity.
“While progressives seek to distort the differences between men and women, publicly fund contraceptives and abortion, and elevate personal rights over marital responsibilities, Liberty Counsel and thousands of people around the world will recognize February 14, the Day of Purity, as a time to return to God’s plan for intimacy and oneness,” said Amber Haskew, Director of the Day of Purity.
Now, this Ms Haskew seems to have rather strong opinions about the “Day of Purity”, even though an unbiased viewer may think some of these opinions are a bit…exaggerated. She claims there is a study showing if you don’t have sex in your teen years you’ll make an extra $370,000 extra in your life time.
And what is the source of this rather outlandish claim?
Here:
Teens who abstain are likely to have greater future orientation, greater impulse control, greater perseverance, greater resistance to peer pressure, and more respect for parental and societal values. These traits are likely to contribute to higher academic achievement. In short, teen virgins are more likely to possess character traits that lead to success in life. Moreover, the practice of abstinence is likely to foster positive character traits that, in turn, will contribute to academic performance … In our society, greater educational attainment leads, on average, to higher lifetime incomes. Because they are more successful in school, teen virgins can expect to have, on average, incomes that will be 16 percent higher than sexually active teens from identical socio-economic backgrounds. This will mean an average increase of $370,000 in income over a lifetime.
As it happens, the study doesn’t examine populations of people who had sex during their teen years versus those who didn’t and compare their incomes. The “conclusions” are purely conjectural: they are based on what is likely to happen. As it turns out even a true association would not show causality; to say if don’t have sex you’ll make this much extra is a lot of hot air.
(Don’t tell them, but there is another way to avoid ruining your life, with abstinence: it is called birth control. According to data, teen pregnancy rates are at an historical low, and that is due to availability of birth control, not abstinence.)
It is really amazing how sex-obsessed these freaks are, and to what length they go to mislead.
