disadvantageous to the teenager, parents, and involves high social and economic costs for individuals in society.”4 Many families have to put up unwanted children for adoption because of money issues. Those who do not put their children up for adoption often have a separation between the mother and father of the child. The government supports children that are born from premarital sex with programs such as WICK and Welfare. These government agencies provide basic needs for the children until a certain age when nutrients and vitamins are not as important. With programs such as these in effects, young teens feel that it is more acceptable to have premarital sex because they know that the government will support the child.Many Catholics fear premarital sex due to the consequences that it brings. Since premarital sex is looked down upon by the Church as a sin, many Catholics fear going to hell for this sin. It is said, “If Christ was soon to return to the earth, and all men should spend their time contemplating God and cleansing their souls rather than enjoying sexual pleasures”2 Christians feel that if Christ was coming that people should repent for their sins and prepare for Christ’s coming. Since we know that Christ is coming we should abstains from sex and live the life a good Christian. Penance does take away our sins, but if we do not know when Jesus is coming we must stay free from sin in order to get into heaven. People should not abstain from premarital sex due to fear though, they abstain because they love God and they love themselves, they should honor their bodies and the law of God and abstain from premarital sex for good reasons.The reason that premarital sex is a sin is because it disobeys God’s commandment. God wanted to make a covenant between a man and women that would be more powerful then any other covenant. This covenant would be known as marriage, the sacred bonding of two peopl...
