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To: Drammach
No mention of religion or religious tenets, prohibitions.. Religious belief doesn't seem to even enter into the picture, the conversation..

I was thinking along the same lines so I did a quick search. The search on "Christ" came up with only a mention of Chrisina Aguilera. A search on "Relig" came up with three hits:


"Experts can rattle off a litany of possible reasons for the turnaround: the fear of AIDS, and the impact of AIDS-prevention education; the introduction of injectable forms of birth control; changes in welfare policy and crackdowns on fathers for child support; the rise of a more religious and conservative generation of teenagers; an economic boom with more opportunities; and an array of new youth programs, especially those stressing both abstinence and contraception."
"Unlike Alberto's family, Jasmine's is religious. But she considers religion part of a growing rift with her parents. Her father is over 80, a retired bodega owner who speaks no English and is, Jasmine complains, "obsessed with God." She says he forced her to attend his Pentecostal church until she was 13, when she rebelled. Still, Jasmine describes her attachment to virginity as "sort of religious" because, she said, "I believe in the Bible.""

The Times pretty much misses the elephant in the room! This is pretty typical of what mainstream New Yorkers are exposed to. It's no wonder that the Southern Baptist's have begun sending missionaries to the Northeast!

7 posted on 03/07/2004 4:52:18 AM PST by Huber (Good and upright is the Lord: Therefore he will teach sinners in the way. - Psalm 25:8)
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To: Huber
Thanks for that.. I missed that statement.. (skimming has it's drawbacks.)
Granted, it's one paragraph in a very long article..

Without some sort of Moral base, (such as religion) a sense of Right and Wrong comes down to what you can get away with... (with the help of a good lawyer.)
I'm glad at least one subject of this article had some sort of religion-based moral ground on which to base her decisions..

9 posted on 03/07/2004 12:39:52 PM PST by Drammach ("Have a Good Day, in a Free America")
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