A Deteriorating State :: Morality in the 21st Century

Thank you Nuggin. I keep wondering myself how we can say that morality is so subjective, and yet have no problem making our judgements retroactive, i.e., imposing our moral codes upon past cultures as a standard of judgement.It seems like Jon is complaining because someone tried to impose their old-fashioned morality upon the new 'liberated' minds. The examples of horrific brainwashing which he gave were: pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-chastity...my, my. I don't even know what being a literalist fundamentalist has to do with it. I also don't know what is immoral about any of it. I expected when I read the opener to hear about some of the actual immorality we have going on today, which brings us back to the subjectiveness thought. My ideas of immorality in this century are definitely not the same as Jon's!We are still experiencing something of the sexual revolution. Why do all talks about morality tend to revert back to human life and reproduction issues?I see that allowing others to have choices and freedom is moral. It doesn't follow that all choices are necessarily equal. What is intrinsically better about teaching young people they can have sex whenever they like as long as it's protected? What is intrinsically better about telling kids they can have an abortion legally, so why not just go have more sex? What is so great about telling them that marriage is old-fashioned?Groups that preach a message of chastity IMO are being very moral, so long as they aren't legally forcing anyone's hand. If someone is threatened by a message, that's sad. What exactly is wrong with the message of chastity? Don't we all have mistakes we could have avoided, and wouldn't it be morally wrong NOT to tell kids that they can choose to prevent unwanted pregnancies, STD's, broken homes, etc, without having to patch things up with abortions? I mean, come on. The right to an abortion doesn't make it any easier for a young girl to tell her parents, to raise the money, or to get to the clinic.
No one relishes the idea no matter how legal it is.I would want my girls to live in a world where they are not sexual objects, where they don't have to stress under pressure, where they can say no and not feel like they aren't cool. How are we supposed to get the message of mutual respect across, when we keep acting like sex has no consequences that can't be dealt with? It's wrong, and backwards, and silly. You can't raise a responsible person with the notion that there is a always going to be a quick fix.