[Tax-chick]

Regarding the numbers of pregnant girls, I didn't see any mention of how many students total they had, so there's no way to know what the percentage is. Many urban and suburban high schools have 5000+ students.

I'm always bothered by the "How far can you go?" question, too, and I think many Christian (Catholic or Protestant) speakers on chastity are afraid to give a Godly answer: NO sexual expressions with a person who is not your spouse are appropriate. Indulgence in romance with a person who is not your spouse is not appropriate. Even close emotional intimacy between men and women should be reserved for marriage.

St. Paul says that young men and women should treat each other as brothers and sisters. Now it's true that some families are a little more demonstrative than others, but I would imagine that if every boy or girl asked, "Would I act this way toward my sister/brother?" they'd find that their behavior with the opposite sex is NOT in the way of holiness.

(/grumpy mom rant!)

[polemikos]

I'm always bothered by the "How far can you go?" question, too, and I think many Christian (Catholic or Protestant) speakers on chastity are afraid to give a Godly answer: NO sexual expressions with a person who is not your spouse are appropriate.

Jason flips the "How far..." question from a negative to a positive by stressing love. If you truly love someone, you want the best for that person, and are willing to sacrifice yourself for that person. Abstinence is about what you can't have. Chastity is about what you can have. With the right frame of reference, the question of "How far..." should never even arise. I know I'm not doing justice to his talk, but I hope I'm getting the basic idea across.