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Friday September 3, 2010 Sex Toys on Display at the World Youth Conference By Terrence McKeegan, J.D.   LEON, MEXICO, Sept. 3, 2010 (C-FAM) - Last week at the World Youth Conference, organized primarily by the Mexican government and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the main event for most of the estimated 5000 "participants" was the Interactive Global Forum, a massive expo with hundreds of booths and exhibits.  A tour of the booths revealed what passes for "age-appropriate" sexual education in some UN circles.Because the venue for the World Youth Conference had considerably more exhibit space than most...

If all one had seen of the world's youth were the pelvis-thrusters on MTV and the pubescent darlings of Teen Beat, one might wonder whether they had just arrived from hell in a handbasket. Images of Britney Spears, Eminem and black-hooded protesters rampaging through the streets of the world's capitals may be cause for concern, but the publicity tends to be grabbed by young people in rebellion against authority. Anna Halpine and her fellow members of the World Youth Alliance (WYA) are pursuing a very different path. Rather than parade before the television cameras with amorphous grievances that were...