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THE GOVT IS ABUSING OUR CHILDREN
Thursday 11 June, 2009
UK
Health
Family
…And encouraging them to break the law!
By Dee Pfeiffer
Just when we might have thought things couldn’t get any worse, and that those in government might have cleaned up their act a little, it seems they’re intent on pushing through yet another scheme aimed at sexualising our young.
You’d think they might have better things to do, like sorting out the expenses scandal and working on doing something…anything…that the majority of the public might support, but no. Instead, the UK Department for Children, Schools and (ahem) Families has announced a new programme that will give boys as young as twelve a condom ‘credit card’ or ‘C-card’, allowing them to receive free condoms at sports fields, clubs and barber shops.
Condoms will be distributed at places where boys congregate – to ‘spare them the embarrassment’ of visiting sexual health clinics or GPs’ surgeries or facing a shop assistant at a chemist’s counter. Nobody seems to have questioned why they might feel embarrassed to visit the aforementioned bodies in the first place.
Could it be that we all have a sense of modesty and that children in particular see sex as something that’s supposed to be out of bounds until they are older? If so, then this latest policy is once again breaking down the natural and God-given boundaries of our young. Certainly, if someone is embarrassed to collect condoms from the outlets mentioned, then they are surely far too young to be considering sex?
Children will be able to collect the condoms by showing a plastic card issued to them after they have attended a safe-sex lesson, according to new government guidance. Presumably, the government see sports fields, barbers and clubs less intimidating than a more natural setting for such distribution. It makes no sense, unless of course, the government want condoms to be distributed as widely as possible, which is far more likely than their insinuation that children would be embarrassed at certain outlets, but not at others.
The fact that boys who take advantage of the scheme will not have to give their names or answer questions about their sex lives is shocking. All that’s necessary is a ‘safe sex’ lesson and they have the all-access card to sex, no questions asked. The fact that those giving these so-called ‘safe sex’ lessons are state-employed, taxpayer-funded promiscuity and abortion advocates just makes the whole thing even more sordid.
The government say the scheme is intended to cut teenage pregnancies and persuade boys to take greater responsibility for contraception, yet there is no evidence to suggest that this will work. In fact, it is destined to fail because, like all other government policies of late, it is once again ignoring the real problem, which is the absolute refusal to acknowledge and support initiatives which seek to give children their innocence back and take measures to stop, not increase, the dreadful sexualisation that is going on in this country.
Just who thinks up these ideas? It’s certainly not decent parents or those who have children’s interests at heart. In fact, not surprisingly perhaps, this latest farce was thought up by the Brook Advisory Service. Brook specialises in providing contraceptives to children under the legal age of consent, without informing their parents: doctors are only informed if the child gives consent. Their 1978 manifesto Safe Sex for Teenagers made it very clear that the underlying philosophy is that the customer is always right. It said: “We must be prepared to challenge our established attitudes that sexual activity in young people is dangerous…There are still too many workers in birth control clinics who believe, consciously or subconsciously, that sex before sixteen is sinful.”
It’s an organisation which has spent years promoting contraception to teenagers who sadly reap the consequences, yet its philosophy hasn’t changed. When Brook say that providing condoms in this way will hopefully help cut teenage pregnancies, the government listen, because the present government operates from the same secular agenda.
Britain has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe and the government has failed in its pledge to halve rates of pregnancy in girls under 18. It is also failing miserably in slowing down the rapid increase in sexually transmitted infections and, with programmes like this which only serve to further sexualise our young, it is no surprise.
In the C-card programme, which has already been in operation in some areas of the UK since March, boys who attend additional talks about sexually transmitted diseases get a stamp on their card which those running the scheme hope will become a status symbol.
Brook chief executive Simon Blake told The Times that the C-card would make condom use “an everyday reality”. This might be good news for Brook and the multi-million pound condom industry, but what about the public? Do we honestly want a country in which mere children are encouraged to make condoms their ‘everyday reality’?
Moreover, ‘safe sex’ education suggests that condoms are safe when in reality there are many situations in which they aren’t adequate. Some of the most common sexually transmitted infections, such as HPV, can be contracted even if a condom is used, through skin to skin contact outside of the area covered by the condom. Mention ‘user failure’ to a child and they won’t really understand, especially not if their friends all have a C-card.
Peer pressure is often the deciding factor on whether or not a young person has sex before they’re truly ready, and you can guarantee that if these cards are promoted as a cool item to have and to flash around, then kids will agree to a course for all the wrong reasons.
But the biggest question of all has to be why the government once again want to sexualise our young even further. If their compulsory sex education classes are working, why would this scheme be necessary? The answer might be more sinister than we think. For while some might be able to resist pressure from short sex education classes, creating the concept of a ‘condom club’ massively ups the pressure. It takes sex education away from the classroom and into the playground, and it creates that feeling of belonging that, combined with raging hormones, will be hard to resist for some.
Our government have made it difficult, if not impossible, for children to escape the sexual onslaught, from advertisements for condoms on television to sex education classes; from a sexualised media with little redress, to the kudos obtained through having a club card. We are living in dangerous times when a government abuses our young in this way, and we will surely reap the consequences in later generations.
Over the past few decades, we have seen an unprecedented attempt to sexualise young people with little, if any, mention of marriage, commitment, stability or chastity. Most youngsters now know exactly what a condom is, but mention chastity and many will look confused. More importantly, how many parents are fully aware of exactly what their children are being taught in the required classes? It is surely every parent’s job to find out, but the government thrive on the fact that many parents are either too busy or ignorant of what is truly happening.
Of course these cards will promote promiscuity. Studies have repeatedly shown that ‘safe sex’ education and easy access to condoms does not reduce teenage pregnancy rates or the incidence of sexually transmitted disease. So why is the government intent on promoting condoms at the expense of our children’s welfare?
Perhaps the most serious question regarding this scheme centres on the age group targeted. The age of consent in this country, for both girls and boys, is 16. Yet the very people entrusted with law-making are condoning, encouraging and promoting schemes which not only break the law, but put our children’s futures in jeopardy.
The more one uses a credit card without thinking of the consequences, the more debt spirals out of control and lives are potentially ruined. This C-card has the same potential to ruin lives. The debt, both to youngsters indoctrinated into such schemes and to society as a whole, just doesn’t bear thinking about.
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