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Fenty ‘abstinence’ proclamation criticized

Started by LostInTime, March 16, 2007, 08:35:12 AM

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March 16, 2007, 08:35:12 AM
Postponing sex until marriage not an option for gays: activists

In a proclamation declaring March 10-17 Abstinence Awareness Week in the District of Columbia, Fenty said the aim of the campaign was to "increase awareness that abstinence from sex outside of marriage is a desirable choice for individuals to make."

A coalition of religious, community and abstinence advocacy groups asked the mayor's office to issue the proclamation as part of a campaign to address the problem of unplanned pregnancy, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases among the city's teenage and young adult population, an official with the coalition said.
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