The following is part of an email news item I received from the Family Research Council (
frc.org). It simply points out the wholesale mis-use of information prominent in our world. A study which says that condoms don't help protect from disease in a very reliable way is used to say just the opposite. (emphasis added is mine)
So much for truth in advertising! A full-page ad in major newspapers today sponsored by the Trojan company is loaded with misinformation about the effectiveness of condoms in preventing disease. The page leads off with the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) latest report about the number of teens (one in four) who are infected with an STD. "America is not a sexually healthy nation," the text warns. "We should evolve the way we approach sexual health in our country." Not surprisingly, the company's solution to the problem is supplying more of their product, which the ad implies would help eliminate diseases such as the human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes, and trichomoniasis. Trojan and their liberal sex education allies are out to persuade Americans that condoms make sex "safe." Not so, says the very government agency that Trojan quotes in its ad. On HPV, the CDC's official position on condom efficacy is entirely contrary to Trojan's. In its report to Congress, the agency plainly states, "The available scientific evidence is not sufficient to recommend condoms as a primary prevention strategy for the prevention of genital HPV prevention." While condoms may reduce the risk of chlamydia, herpes, and other diseases, it cannot eliminate the risk. Teenagers may be half as likely to contract various STDs if they use condoms correctly, but the problem is that few of them do. It's an established medical fact that teenagers' correct and consistent condom usage is much lower than adults', and the effectiveness of the contraception decreases even more as a result. Beyond disease, condoms are not even a reliable method for reducing teen pregnancy. About one in every five teens using condoms becomes pregnant within one year, according to the National Survey of Family Growth. Condoms are incapable of providing the protection Trojan claims they do. Once again, the industry is proving that it cares more about profit than prevention. It continues to astound me that our society is willing to tell kids to abstain from the dangers of drinking or smoking but not premarital sex. If America is truly committed to disease prevention, and the emotional well-being of our teens, then we must be committed to abstinence--the only method that works 100% of the time.
Lord, have mercy on our kids.
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It is terrifying what you see in ads now days about so called “safe sex”. While in school, I was asked once to work on a Trojan billboard ad that would tell about “how to prevent sex diseases by using condoms (Trojan)”. I came up with several different ones that were given positive reviews; however I was upset at myself, for not really saying what I believed in as a Christian which is to say “NO” to premarital sex. And then …What if I really had to do this ad in the real world? Do I really want my teen to see any of my Trojan ads up in a billboard? …NO WAY!
As for now, I could only teach my children premarital sex is sinful in the Lord’s eyes, I pray everyday for them, that the Lord will keep them away from any type of temptation and give them wisdom to make the right choices in life. What else can one do?...I hate to think that there will be a day when they would not accept any advise and that they will think they know everything, so as a parent what else can I do?
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