Valentine's Day!

Remember when Valentine's Day was all about flowers, chocolate, and the little candy hearts with "Be Mine!" written on them? Well according to an article by the Daily Vidette Online, Illinois State University's newspaper, the significance of Valentine's Day has been redefined by our post-modern, morally relative society.It appears that sex has become a crucial part of the holiday, which is why Phillip Lasseigne at Illinois State University is urging students to practice 'safety' during this special season. "If you really love her, wear a cover." It's a catchy rhyme no doubt, but what does it really mean? I need to protect myself from the one I love? From someone who loves me?The article doesn't stop there. Not only should we all be using condoms during sexual activity, but apparently we should also be using other methods of birth control so that we can practice safer safe sex. Among other nuggets of wisdom, James Amelda of the ISU Student Health Services offered this piece of advice: "I recommend to students that are worried about STI's and pregnancy to use both a condom as well as another birth control method." And this of course stands to reason: Why would you want to be 98% safe when you could be 98.9% safe?I've never personally considered Valentine's Day to be the holiday of risk, but apparently it's a pretty dangerous business! Lasseigne makes it sound like all college students believe that pregnancy should be avoided like a disease. It is something normal; pregnancy is the natural effect of the sex act.What would Mr. Amelda at ISU recommend for those couples that do in fact conceive a child after taking "safety" precautions while engaging in sexual activity?To Philip Lasseigne: If true love demands that I use a condom, then what does it ask of me if that condom does in fact fail?Our colleges and universities may provide us with the means to have "safe sex," but what do they provide our women if they become pregnant and choose to keep their child and continue their education? What do they provide our men if they suddenly find themselves to be fathers? These are questions that seem to be omitted in this article, and yet we know they are essential to the discussion, because we all know that pregnancy is the natural result of sex.If you really love her, die to yourself. Pour yourself out to each other through sacrifice. The more a couple can offer up little sacrifices for each other, the more they will show respect for each other.It won't just be in the gifts that they give, and the words that they say, but also in the way that they treat each other, look after the well-being of each other, and even in the little acts of self-denial for each other that will remind them that love is an act of the will, not just a transitory emotional response to someone that can give you a few moments of pleasure.Anyone can be willing to practice safe sex, but how many are honestly willing to protect the purity of their loved ones?Now that's true love...They said to use protection,And so everyone did their part;But what they never thought to tell us,Condoms don't protect the heart...Full Article Here.