HOW ABOUT SOME GREAT NEWS FOR A CHANGE!!! and to hell with what the Rosie Odonnel types think.
Day of Purity for kids against promiscuity
BY MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press
ORLANDO - Melissa Millis feels bombarded by everyday messages of sexual promiscuity, whether it's Janet Jackson's bare breast during the Super Bowl or her classmates' casual sex talk.
So Millis, a public high school senior in Michigan, and thousands of other students around the nation are wearing white T-shirts to school today, the day before Valentine's Day, to publicly show their commitment to not having sex outside marriage. They're calling their effort the ''Day of Purity,'' and they will distribute pro-abstinence pamphlets to their peers.
''The way sex is talked about, it's so casual, like it's an everyday thing, like going to McDonald's,'' said Millis, 17, who goes to Milford High School in Highland, Mich.
The grass-roots effort is supported by Christian groups and organized by Liberty Counsel, a conservative group based in Orlando. It comes as President Bush is pushing in his budget proposal to double federal funding for sexual abstinence programs.
''Decisions children make now can affect their health and character for the rest of their lives,'' Bush said last month.
But the Day of Purity is being watched with a wary eye by groups that promote sexual tolerance, such as the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network and the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
'The word `purity' in this context is morally self-righteous,'' said Alice Leeds, a spokeswoman for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. ``It's redefining it in their context to conform to their frankly bigoted agenda.''
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