SHORT COMMUNICATION 214
America’s Immoral Tailspin
By
Roger Behra
If any American thinks that America is going to reverse course and pull out of her very immoral culture, a recent survey indicates that is not going to happen any tine soon. The survey took place in New York City, and it involved teens in the age groups thirteen through eighteen. The information gathered and recently revealed is both disheartening and sad.
It is bad enough that America´s adults are steeped in immorality. Now the New York City survey adds teens to the list. Teens are America´s future hope of adding a new leaf to America´s culture, but that seems very unlikely.
The New York City survey revealed several disturbing factors about teen sex. There has been a great increase in teen sex that includes teens as young as 13-years-old. That is not surprising considering the increase also in teens being poorly grounded in religious living within their family life and the availability of internet pornography. That is a deadly combination that greatly influences teen behavior along with their peer-group pressure. It is disturbing enough that so many teens are involved in teen sex, but the kinds of teen sex adds to this unacceptable behavior.
The study analyzed 17,220 public health surveys. It found that more than 33% of teens had same-sex encounters. That is very astonishing and very dangerous for teens and very, very immoral teen behavior. Of all the students who completed the survey, 7,261 engaged in sexual intercourse, and 9.3% reported at least one same sex partner. And the behavior was increasingly risky and violent. The survey also showed that students who had both male and female partners have enormous adverse health problems. The varied kinds of teen sexual behavior revealed in the study raised many eyebrows, indeed.
Another alarming outcome of the survey is the fact that so much teen sex and the various kinds leaves teens with the lack of support from adults and peers, and that leads to great depression because of the social stigma.
The bottom line of all of this is teen sex should be avoided at all costs. God doesn’t want it to happen. Parents do not want it to happen. Teens later regret it also. And it is gravely immoral. Aids are a constant worry. Violence can happen at any time. Teen sex is not only morally, socially and psychologically wrong, it can be dangerous and a life changing situation that can never be easily remedied.
R. B.
11-4-10