Taboo on Sexual Immorality

In this morning's newspaper there is an article on sex education in the public schools which is prohibited by the Catholic schools because of the explicit and amoral nature of the secular presentation and the impossibility of a meaningful discussion of right and wrong given the exclusion of God.

Adjacent that article is the report of a 33 year old live-in "boyfriend" killing his cohabiting 33 year old "girlfriend." Can't anyone see the evil of concubinage of which domestic homicide is one of the most recurring crimes? Sexual molestation is also most frequent in these experimental and most unstable types of homes. A useful study would be to compare the incidents of domestic homicide and domestic sexual abuse in "living-together" homes versus stable homes with a man and woman in a legitimate life-long marriage having and raising their own children.

The taboo on fornication is no taboo but really necessary for healthy youth, healthy marriages, healthy families in healthy homes to create a healthy society. How can something which was so universally condemned by our ancestors suddenly be deemed acceptable especially as we see and suffer the deadly social consequences (not to mention the hygienic and emotional, the personal, consequences)?

America needs to reject sexual immorality in all its forms in order to be "the land of the free." Christ and His chastity are necessary for true freedom. Because anyone who sins is a slave to sin. But anyone who loves God does so with the love and mercy of Christ with purity of life.