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To: epicure who wrote (82786)	9/7/2008 4:52:46 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541602

I think it might have been Rambi who expressed surprise. Turns out one of the best ways to have moral teens (at least sexually speaking) is to be...liberal. Quite the conundrum isn't it? At least for republicans. Let them wonder no more at our crafty lefty strategy. We're actually keeping our kids virgins by being liberal. You might be surprised at how many people of faith try to guide their teens exactly the same way you did with yours. As for keeping them virginal, that's possibly a false deduction. Keeping them safe by using contraception is more likely the case. I will say that in faith-oriented families that encourage their children to abstain, there's often a reluctance to also say 'but if you decide to become sexually active, be sure and protect yourself with contraception'. They think it confers some kind of approval or are squeamish about getting that explicit. At the same time, the teens in those religious families who of course know all about contraception, are reluctant to use it or ask their partner for it because in their mind it implies intent. They like to assuage their guilt by thinking 'I got carried away and I won't let it happen again'. My guess is that Bristol Palin and maybe even her boyfriend were having their first liason and that the Palin parents are now rethinking their failure to stress contraception to their children, if indeed they didn't discuss it.