Can't we accept that people have different values when it comes to sex? We need to be realistic--times have changed.

A poll in Rhode Island asked seventeen hundred students in grades six through nine if it is OK for a guy to force a young woman to have sex if the two of them have dated for six months or more. Two-thirds of the guys said that this was acceptable—and half of the girls did as well! 86 percent of the young men said that it was OK to rape your wife, and 24 percent said that it was OK to rape a date if you spent “a lot of money” on her.[1]

Modern culture tells us that if something feels good and we want it, we should have it. Go ahead. Gorge yourself. But when this mentality seeps into the minds of the youth, we end up with grade-schoolers who don’t see a problem with rape.

Are you willing to “accept” those students’ responses as those of “people having different values”? There is no doubt that times have changed, but does the morality of an act depend upon where you live, when you live, or how many people agree with you? For example, if you created a time machine, how far into the future would you need to go in order for child abuse to become moral? If you went back in time and took a poll of Nazi guards, and the majority said that killing Jews was good, would that mean that we should be open-minded and accept their different values? Even today, if I were taken to court for shooting a clerk and shoplifting, do you think that the judge would be convinced of my innocence because I “just have different values”?

I hope you agree that no matter how times change, these acts will always be immoral. Why is it then that when we get to sexual matters, people feel that morality is subjective? Morality is objective, and a properly formed conscience can see this. Most people will agree that it's wrong to do something that would harm another person. However, most people fail to realize that sexual activity prior to marriage is indeed harmful. Click here and click here for evidence.

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[1]. J. Kikuchi, "Rhode Island develops successful intervention program for adolescents," National Coalition Against Sexual Assault Newsletter, Fall 198