90% of 8-16 year
olds have viewed pornography online[1] Please pause for a moment and let that data
sink in. Yes…it says 90 %...of 8 YEAR
OLDS...to 16 year olds! I don’t know
what child you might be envisioning right now innocently sitting at their
parent’s computer, typing in Pokemon
or Barbie, accidentally misspelling
it, and receiving the shock of their life.
It may be a picture so shocking it will be deposited into their mind
forever. Purity stolen!
Used to be that
pornography had to be sought; hidden behind other magazines at the checkout
counters, etc. Now, Americans cannot
even walk the streets of a city, drive the interstate, sit comfortably in their
living rooms in front of a television, or surf the internet without falling
prey the dark and sinister tentacles of pornography. The result?
47% of families said pornography is a problem in their home.[2] Think it doesn’t matter? 2/3 of lawyers at an
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers meeting
stated that the internet played a significant role in divorces they
facilitated, with excessive interest in online pornography contributing to over
half such divorces![3]
Teens are shocked
and amazed (I wish you could see their faces) when we reveal to this generation
that they and their marriages are being exploited for a dollar. (At $13.3
BILLION the 2006 revenues of the sex/porn industry was more than the NFL, NBA
& Major League Baseball revenues combined![4]) Outrage best describes many responses. The
truth that purity matters and lays the best foundation for their marriage is
never ignored. We have to keep educating
teens to guard their minds. Their
marriages depend on it.
The support you
give the Pregnancy Care Centers of South Central Indiana allows us to minister
the gift of purity to thousands of teens every year. By the end of this year we will have spoken
to over 6,500 teens in nearly 50 different schools. We could never do it
without your help. Thank you for
allowing us to make a difference in the lives of this generation. It is for such a time as this we have been
called.
Tracey Pike
Director of Abstinence Education
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