Young Evangelicals doing “it” too

One thing that I have found amazing, as a vintage lady, is that some of the same conversations are going on now  that were going on when I was growing up.  Grown ups and politicians are still trying to think up ways to keep young people from having sex.  I don’t mean teeny boppers necessarily, but young people in their late teens and twenties.  It didn’t work back  when I was growing up and after watching Prohibition, I see it didn’t work real well during the roaring 20’s either.

According to the religious section in Washingtonpost.com:

Relevant Magazine, an evangelical Christian publication, made ripples in religious circles with their recent article titled“(Almost) Everyone’s Doing It”about some “surprising” findings on evangelicals and sex.

The October issue article citedresearch showing that unmarried evangelicals are having sex almost as frequently as everyone else. While 88 percent of all young people (ages 18-29) said they have had sex, 80 percent those who self-identify as “evangelical” had.

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