The recent proposed Illinois Senate Bill SB 1619 “Personal Responsibility Education Act” being considered by Committee encourages sex among teens and disparages the meaning of marriage. Although the bill’s name sounds positive, its intent removes rather than encourages responsibility. The bill is a pinnacle example of hypocrisy, assigning a new meaning to the word “abstinence” and the bill makes “marriage” out to be irrelevant to sexual relationships.
In a nation where divorce, abortions, STD’s, sexual promiscuity, adultery, pornography, and broken relationships are rampant one would think a bill that truly communicates the consequences and responsibilities for sex would be a better choice. One would think legislators could understand the long-term effects of a nation without moral compass.
Abortions exist because sexual promiscuity, without a thought of consequences, is a fact in our communities. Sexual abstinence until marriage is purposed to protect individuals and culture. Everyday U.S. pregnancy centers deal with the consequences of sex without responsibility. Thousand of teens who have yet to become women and men, let alone wives and husbands, are faced with responsibilities this bill leads them to believe are nonexistent.
Should these types of bills come to vote and passage we can expect even more teens asking their churches and community leaders, “Why didn’t anybody tell me about all the consequences of having sex? Why didn’t anyone tell me my heart, soul, mind, spirit, moral, and ethical views played a part in my decisions. Why didn’t anyone tell me that sex was more than something physical? Why didn’t anyone tell me the real meaning of sex and marriage sex rather than telling me sex was just a physical experience? Why did you tell me sex was no big deal when I was young only to find out now that I’m older that sex is so much more important? Why did you lie to me?”
As our nation continues to tax more for public services to meet the needs of the consequences a nation who has lost it moral compass, we can expect more bills like SB 1619. We can expect crisis pregnancy centers like PASS to be called upon to meet the needs of hurting individuals who have been deceived by misleading Bills like SB 1619.
For Christ and His Kingdom,
Rick Ligthart
Monday, March 14, 2011
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