Can't Remain Silent

[Please note: the following post reflects my personal opinion]

I am appalled, disgusted, and ticked off and perhaps a little naively suprised. The first three, because I just read about what a popular retailer has decided to print on their clothing just in time for kids to head back to college. The last because there was some part of me that believed mass consumerism would know when it had gone too far. Apparantly not.

Great way to start off a post, huh? But it's hard to remain silent after reading about this new tee line, geared for college kids has a number of sexually explicit messages printed on their tees. (But that begs the questions, would they refuse to sell these tees to kids who are not college age and do they have these tees in a restricted part of the store which requires and ID to enter?)

Why do I feel it's appropriate to post about this issue on this blog you may wonder? It's because I believe the church body as a whole needs to take a stand and advocate for the sexual purity of our children. Not a popular stance I know. But if we, as followers of Christ are afraid to take a stand or confused about what God expects of us as stewards of our bodies and sexuality, then there really is little hope that things will ever change.

I could go on for many paragraphs, instead, I'd rather have God speak to your heart about what HE believes about this issue. So my prayer is that everyone who reads about this issue, takes some time and listens to what God has to say about it. Consider asking Him to lead you to Scripture on His purpose in creating us as sexual beings and what He has to say about our bodies. Ask Him if He feels it is honoring to Him to wear or allow our children to wear this type of clothing.

If you feel moved to speak out on this issue, visit this link: http://www.onemillionmoms.com/CurrentIssue.asp to learn more and to send an email to the company asking them to stop producing clothing of this nature.

A final note...as this is a topic which can produce heated debate, if you feel moved to comment, please carefully choose your words. We review all comments before posting them.

Believing we can make a difference for our children,
Andrea