Read more abstinence stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14870/abstinence.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:44:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66511/forget-chastity-marry-earlier-say-evangelicals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe evangelical stress on abstinence until marriage is fantastic, writes Mark Regnerus—himself devout—in Christianity Today , "but promoting it has come at a cost." Doing so has "turned our attention away from the damage that Americans are doing to the institution of marriage by discouraging it and delaying it,...http://www.newser.com/story/66511/forget-chastity-marry-earlier-say-evangelicals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 18:47:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65547/abstinence-state-senator-quits-after-intern-affair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPro-abstinence Tennessee State Sen. Paul Stanley has stepped down in the wake of revelations that he had an affair with his 22-year-old intern, reports AP. The 47-year-old married father of two admitted the affair to investigators after his intern's boyfriend allegedly attempted to blackmail Stanley for $10,000. "Due to...http://www.newser.com/story/65547/abstinence-state-senator-quits-after-intern-affair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 3:34:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60918/jonas-brothers-tested-and-tested-on-abstinence-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFame doesn’t exempt sons from being embarrassed by their moms. Just ask the Jonas Brothers, who may be a little red-faced at reading what mom Denise told Good Housekeeping about their sex lives. “They are men. They have desires,” she said. “If they make a mistake, I’m not going to...http://www.newser.com/story/60918/jonas-brothers-tested-and-tested-on-abstinence-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 17:03:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59585/wanna-have-sex-picture-screaming-baby-bristol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBristol Palin thinks the best advertisement for abstinence is “a screaming newborn baby,” she tells People in a look at the life of a teenage mom. “If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex,” says Bristol, who graduated high school last week, but worked two part-time...http://www.newser.com/story/59585/wanna-have-sex-picture-screaming-baby-bristol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 10:20:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58443/abstinence-backer-bristol-no-hypocrite.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBristol Palin has gotten a media drubbing for hypocrisy in her new role as abstinence advocate—but such attacks are wholly undeserved, writes Nancy Gibbs in Time . The “true hypocrisy,” one could say, was at the Republican convention, which portrayed a falsely simple happy-ending message. In fact, “life is much...http://www.newser.com/story/58443/abstinence-backer-bristol-no-hypocrite.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 10:33:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58416/republicans-dont-get-sex-meghan-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBristol Palin's campaign to preach birth control with a baby at home again proves what Meghan McCain has always known: Republicans don't "get" sex. "God forbid anyone talk realistically about life experiences and natural, sexual instincts. Nope, the answer is always abstinence," she writes in her Daily Beast column. She's...http://www.newser.com/story/58416/republicans-dont-get-sex-meghan-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 21:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58227/bristol-touts-abstinence-levi-calls-unrealistic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn a tour with a group battling teen pregnancy, Bristol Palin made a stop on Good Morning America , calling abstinence “realistic"—thus contradicting an earlier comment, the New York Daily News reports. “Abstinence is the only way that you can effectively, 100%, full-proof way to prevent pregnancy,” she said. As...http://www.newser.com/story/58227/bristol-touts-abstinence-levi-calls-unrealistic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 9:15:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56995/third-woman-paraguay-prez-fathered-my-kid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe paternity scandal surrounding Paraguay’s president, a former bishop, has reached new heights: A third woman says he fathered her child, McClatchy reports. Fernando Lugo recently acknowledged paternity of a 2-year-old; soon after, another woman said he was her 6-year-old’s dad. She filed an official paternity claim yesterday, the same...http://www.newser.com/story/56995/third-woman-paraguay-prez-fathered-my-kid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 9:14:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46561/abstinence-vows-dont-work-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaking an abstinence pledge made teenagers no less likely to have sex before marriage but significantly less likely to use contraceptives when they did have sex, the Washington Post reports. “Previous studies would compare a mixture of apples and oranges,” said Janet Rosenbaum, the author of a new study that...http://www.newser.com/story/46561/abstinence-vows-dont-work-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Dec 2008 16:07:01 CST