Found this as the description for one of the groups for Belmont’s student network, TheFacebook.com (not sanctioned). The group is titled “Students for Sex!!!”
We go to Belmont University and we acknowledge the occurance of sex on our campus, regardless of policy! Our school doesn’t offer birth control or STD testing, and we’re pissed. We believe this policy has the potential to hurt students who are sexually active. Sexally active students, without convenient access to birth control, are at risk for STDs, including HIV/AIDS. They also risk unwanted pregnancies and, potentially, abortions that result from them. Join this group today if you want to voice your opinion AGAINST the abstinence only agenda of Belmont’s Health Services and want to encourage a policy that promotes safe and responsible sexual behavior, for those who have chosen to be sexually active. We want to encourage the administration to provide birth control in a variety of forms including: condoms and the pill. We encourage affordable STD tests, including the new 20-minute, saliva test for HIV/AIDS that costs under $20 from Orasure Technologies.
Sure I acknowledge the occurrence of sex on our campus, and I’m sure the administrators aren’t blind to it either, but why does the acknowledgment suddenly necessitate a socialist utopia? If people want to have sex, you know what? They’re going to do it. But (and perhaps here’s where we’ve gone wrong) we need to understand that people who feel like they’re old enough to “make love” like it was a pitcher of lemonade on a lazy summer day should have the hoo-hahs to walk up to the pharmacist’s drug counter and say “Trojan ultra ribbed, please.” Frankly, I’m glad my university isn’t shelling out more of my money to worthless programs. Perhaps this policy of abstinence isn’t hurting people; perhaps it’s their tendency to pretend like they’re all grown up.
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