The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Teaching abstinence is currently on the list of “unallowable” activities in the current administration’s guidelines. However, a bill introduced in the House seeks to restore some funding in the endeavor to give youth the best future possible by teaching the message of sexual integrity. Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council seems optimistic on the [...]

The following story is a great testament to the importance of a marriage commitment. A woman reflects on her failed cohabiting relationship and thinks it may not have ended so poorly if they had married. Breaking up a cohabiting relationship is easy (comparatively) and there is a mindset that if it doesn’t work out, there’s [...]

Chuck Colson takes on the topic of morality in today’s younger generation as he explores the book “Lost in Transition” by sociologist Christian Smith. Research shows that the majority of those ages 18-23 look to their feelings to make moral decisions instead of an external standard of behavior. Mr. Colson reminds us in the article [...]

Groups warn that your name may not be safe, even if it’s trademarked. Check out this Citizenlink video interview about the threat of the .xxx domain registry. Morality in the Media also provides some great information for organizations on how to protect your website from leading people astray by accidently clicking on pornography sites with [...]

The Vatican says New York School System’s mandatory sex education policy is harmful. Reading the following article makes one want to stand up and shout “Amen!” The facts speak for themselves: radical condom education does not work! Why do we continue to harm young people by giving them this condom message which leads to earlier [...]

In a recent debate in Alaska between Planned Parenthood’s Clover Simon and Family Policy Council’s Jim Minnery, the question of teaching values became the main agenda. Mr. Minnery pointed out that Planned Parenthood does in fact teach its values, but are those the values we want instilled in our children? Here are the “values” of [...]

A quote from Amber who waited until marriage, “I never had to worry about getting pregnant or having an STD. Other girls my same age would worry every month. It’s much easier to be abstinent until marriage.”

Washington Times columnist, Robert Knight, questions the goals of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He shows how Christian morals have been thrown out of the classroom to make room for an “atheistic system of moral relativism.” The ACLU claims that students need their first amendment right to free speech and equal access, but Mr. [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We are here to network people for abstinence around the world by providing resources, materials and programs that teach our young people the value of themselves and how abstinence until marriage adds value to their lives.
 
This year many of our school officials and educators are preparing to teach our kids comprehensive sex education, filled [...]

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld CDA
 
Dear Friends,
I have great news to share with you! Today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Community Defense Act (CDA).
Back in 2005, an estimated 300-plus unregulated strip bars, massage parlors, peep booths, pornography stores and other sex businesses were spreading like a cancer across Ohio. The harms [...]