Of course I’m all for doing whatever makes you happy. If not having sex makes you happy, then by all means keep on not having sex. But you probably shouldn’t waste your time convincing me to join you in not having sex; after all, I don’t try to convince you to have sex.

In a recent New York Times article titled “Students of Virginity,” about college students who choose to abstain from sex, one founder of the Harvard abstinence club said, “We wanted to make abstinence look fun; interesting.” OK, I understand how abstaining from sex can be safer than actually having sex. But abstinence is fun? I wasn’t aware.

Choosing to abstain from sex until marriage is a personal choice you make, and I’m not quite sure I understand the need for abstainers to work on convincing others that their way is best. On Valentine’s Day 2007, members of the True Love Revolution sent out valentines to freshman girls saying, “Why wait? Because you’re worth it.” Read More »

Many months ago, CC introduced you to a new club at Harvard University called the “True Love Revolution”. Sounds exciting, right? Well, if you read the previous article, you know the name is a little misleading.

Begun around a year ago at Harvard by students Justin Murray and Sarah Kinsella, the “True Love Revolution” club is all about abstinence.

That’s right. A club devoted to sexless—until marriage—relationships.

As of today, Murray and Kinsella are still dating, still keeping their club alive (with activities like sending out 800 pink cards to female Freshmen last Valentine’s Day which read “Celebrate love, celebrate life, celebrate you: Why wait? Because you’re worth it”), and still doing almost nothing except “kissing and cuddling”.

How they’re holding on is anyone’s guess. Read More »

Sex. Hooking up. Orgies. That’s the buzz these days when it comes to talk of “naughty” behavior on campuses nationwide. “We’re hooking up too casually.” “Having lots of sex hurts us.” “We don’t value ‘making love’.” Blah, blah, blah.

Okay. Fine. College has a lot to do with having sex. Everyone’s horny and when there’s alcohol involved, people get hornier. It’s only natural. Yes, I think too much of anything (even sex with random guys) isn’t healthy. But I don’t think sex is a bad thing or something not to be had.

Which brings me to Harvard. The campus that has both created a student-run “porn” magazine and now “True Love Revolution.” Yeah, the name is a little dramatic, I know. Anyway, this is a group on campus founded by a couple (Sarah Kistella and Justin Murray) who think too much mindless sex goes on all over campus. I’ll interpret that as meaning people don’t think before they have it. Hmmm … okay. Read More »