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Should You Have Sex Before Marriage?
We
have said that leadership involves making good decisions. One of the
most important decisions many young people face today is whether to
wait until marriage to engage in sex or to go ahead before marriage.
This is a major decision in how to lead one’s life and should be
considered carefully.
Many media messages seem
to tell us there is nothing unusual or wrong with having sex without
marriage. People in movies and on TV do it all the time. However, there
are rarely any consequences shown on the screen—like diseases or
unwanted pregnancies. The reality of people’s lives who are having sex
without marriage is a very different story.
Lesson Plan
Explain that the class is going to play a game based on a Victorian parlor game.
The
students stand in a circle. One student is chosen to stand in the
middle of the circle. He or she slowly turns all the way around once,
while the students forming a circle try to make him or her laugh. The
goal of the student in the middle is to turn all the way around once,
meeting every other student’s eyes, without smiling or laughing. The
students in the circle cannot touch the person in the middle, but they
can make funny faces, funny sounds, say funny things, make jokes,
tease, dance, or do anything to make the person laugh. This should be a
lot of fun.
Anyone who can stand in the middle and
turn all the way around once, meeting every other student’s eyes once
time without breaking into a smile or laughing will get a piece of
candy.
When the game is over, and students have
settled down, explain that they may have a goal of saving sex until
marriage. However, a lot of people will try to make them give in—just
like in the game. It’s not easy to resist other people trying to tempt
you into having a “fun” or “good” time, is it?
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