May 21, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Chastity

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Why Are Priests Really Celibate? (And Will It Change?)

Christian Piatt | Posted 04.30.2013 | Religion

Is it possible that the next pope might revisit this and change centuries of Catholic tradition?

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New Republican 8-Point Platform to Balance the Budget & Create a Healthy America!

Nick Bassill | Posted 12.25.2012 | Comedy

Read More: Abortion, Government, Politics, Birth Control, Church, Humor, Sex, Chastity, Churches, Democrats, Separation of Church and State, America, Republicans, Comedy News

Women should not be allowed to drive so that they do not pose a risk to the men drivers who are driving for a good reason, such as going to work, to the golf course or to meet their buddies for a beer or a trip to the local strip club.

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"Abstinence Only" Exposed as Subversive of Actual Evangelical Values

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.03.2012 | Books

Read More: Politics, Chastity, Christine J. Gardner I, Abstinence Only, Evangelical Christians, Sex Education, Books News

Christine J. Gardner convincingly argues that the abstinence movement works against the most profound Christian values of selflessness and sacrifice and instead adopts rock concert style techniques of pop culture as a tool to get people to turn against that pop culture.

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May God Bless You Tim, And Send You Your Soulmate In Time

Rabbi Shais Taub | Posted 06.27.2012 | Religion

Read More: Virgin, Marriage, Tim Tebow Religion, Abstinence, Tim Tebow News, Chastity, Tim Tebow, Sexuality, Religion and Sexuality, Religion News

There is nothing inherently meritorious about refraining from physical intimacy. What is good and holy and healthy is for a person to be a sexual being but to do so within the context of marriage.

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Unorthodox? Try This: A Young Hasidic Wife Breaks With Her Tradition, Writes Tell-All Book

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 04.25.2012 | Books

Read More: The View, Hasidic Jews, Crown Heights, Deborah Feldman, Satmars, Video, Jews, Hasidic Jew, Satmar, Judaism, Sex, Chastity, Female Sexuality, Sexuality, Books News

"I had to believe everything I was taught, if only to survive," she writes. And what was she taught? In the slow-track classes for girls, nothing very academic, for a girl could realistically have no higher destiny than marriage at 17 and motherhood a year later.

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The Thrill of the Chaste

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 10.10.2011 | Women

Read More: Dating, Chastity, Chaste, Relationship Sex, Waiting for Sex, Dating Sex, Love & Sex, Women News

We all know the saying "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" But sometimes life and trashy reality shows indicate the opposite.

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PHOTO: Yep, It's Probably British

Posted 08.18.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Anti-Masturbation Ring, Anti-Masturbation Device, Chastity, Probably British, Purity, Sex, Comedy News

Here's what we know about this device. It's nickel-plated. It was worn on the base of the penis in order to deter arousal. And a quick google search r...

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The Catholic Celibacy Crisis

Maureen Fiedler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Celibacy, Priesthood, Catholic, Catholic Church, Alberto Cutie, Thomas Euteneuer, Dogma, Chastity, Christianity, Father Oprah, Vatican, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion News

Priestly celibacy is not dogma. It is simply a disciplinary practice, and could be changed literally with a flick of the papal pen. So, why wait?

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Stephen Colbert Author Interview: Hephzibah Anderson: 'Chastened: The Unexpected Story Of My Year Without Sex'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Relationships, Sex, Abstinence, Chastity, Hephzibah Anderson, Feminism, Sexuality, Chastened, Books News

Hephzibah Anderson, author of "Chastened: The Unexpected Story of My Year Without Sex," went on the Colbert Report last night to discuss her decision ...

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Sex and the City of God, Part 2: Celibacy and Sexuality in the Catholic Church

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Catholic Church, Celibacy, Abuse Scandal, Sex, Christianity, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Catholic Celibacy, Chastity, Catholic Chastity, Religion News

The child abuse crisis and the Church hierarchy's homophobia, misogyny, and fixation on policing sexuality are intertwining, often-overlapping aspects of the broader sexual dysfunction that cripples the Church.

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