95% of Americans Have Pre-Marital Sex

I'm going to take a different tone than the authors of this study, who seem too overcome with exuberance to provide any information worth remembering. First of all, this number is astounding. Most people could have guessed that most people engage in pre-marital sexual behavior, but 95 percent? Wow.

It didn't take long for the study authors to begin making political decisions for Americans:

"The data clearly show that the majority of older teens and adults have already had sex before marriage, which calls into question the federal government's funding of 'abstinence only until marriage programs for 12- to 29-year-olds.'"

What kind of logic is that? Should we then, based on this line of thinking, stop funding drug awareness programs if 95% of people are hooked on cocaine? Should we forget about trying to save the environment if we've already polluted it 95%? Most people would laugh at such thoughts... yet when it comes to pre-marital sex, we're told to "get real." In fact, CNN calls this article a "reality check." Gee, thanks CNN! Without reporting like that, I might be inclined to think Santa Claus is real, too!

Just because 95% of people do something, it doesn't mean that thing is right. One could also cite other parallel statistics that trend upwards based on sexual promiscuity... like the AIDS rate, broken homes, selfishness, sex crimes, sexual addictions, apathy towards real affection and love. It's all there, right before our eyes.

Then there are those of us who dare say such things... we're labeled prudes, old-fashioned or worse. It's funny that the people who usually celebrate studies like this are the same, liberal-types who push messages of tolerance and diversity down our throats. That is, as long as you agree with their backward logic. Try telling someone on the left that pre-marital sex is a problem and see how tolerant of your view they are. Try it. I dare you.

Read the study HERE.