Sentences with phrase «face of the abstinence»
Christians and Jews With their «True Love Waits» jewelry, conferences and T - shirts, Christians may be the face of the abstinence movement, but Muslims and Hindus are more likely to abstain from premarital sex.
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
Suppose, in a kind of contented abstinence, we were to refrain from trying to understand more of the landscape before us than the landscape cared to display for us, that we were willing to follow the bend of bough and straggle of gravel and tilt of pole wherever the bend and the straggle and the tilt chanced to take us, that we concerned ourselves not with pattern or profit or even pleasure but merely with watching like a token sentinel in safe country, that we gave our eyes a quiet carte blanche and permitted our minds to play at liberty over the face of an untouched terrain?
Addictionary: A Primer of Recovery Terms and Concepts from Abstinence to Withdrawal [New York: A Fireside / Parkside Recovery Book, 1992], pp. 181 - 82; bold face added).
Then, to sustain its reasoning in the face of new litigation, the Court found itself having to bring ever new objects under its scrutiny, such as moments of silence and abstinence education.
«Western New York is facing a serious problem with the growing trend of what is known as NAS, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome,» said Senator Schumer.
Alcohol probably won't even be an issue during the first trimester; many women get «morning sickness» (and afternoon and evening sickness) and don't want to drink, so you're probably facing only six months of abstinence.
She will outline some of the current topics families may face such as, masturbation, porn, consent, gender, STDs, birth control, abstinence.
Today's news underscores what Planned Parenthood and those who work tirelessly to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies already know too well: the United States is facing a teen pregnancy health care crisis, and the national policy of abstinence - only programs just isn't working.
Individuals who are low in distress tolerance may have greater difficulty in maintaining tobacco abstinence in the face of withdrawal and other challenges.