Child Act 'pushes promiscuity'

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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2141470,00.html

Cape Town - A provision of the new Children's Act "encourages promiscuity", said the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) on Wednesday.

"The challenge to build the moral fibre of our nation has been dealt another low blow by an aspect of the new Children's Act that no one may refuse to sell or distribute free condoms to a child who is over 12," said AFM president Isak Burger.

Further, the act undermined basic parental rights by making provision for a child over 12 being able to ask for contraception without consent.

Burger said: "These sections of the act are totally unacceptable and undermine everything that churches, religious institutions and others are trying to do to lift the morality of the nation.

"These aspects of the act actually encourage promiscuity and the subsequent risk of contracting HIV and Aids. It also threatens parental rights and encourages a child to go behind their parents' back to get contraceptive aids.

While the AFM welcomed the broad intent of the act, it was "extremely disappointing that our legislators paid little regard to the crucial value of sexual morality", said Burger.
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I met Burger a few times, I do not respect his humanity, neither his opinion in regard to this.
 
If your 12 year old is asking for condoms, you have already failed as a parent.
 
You don't get to decide when your child is ready for sex.

People like Isak Burger are not known for their firm grip on reality.
 
I would like to hear much less from idiots such as this guy.
 
rwenzori said:
Silly religious clap-trap.
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I really wish people would stop associating what certain religious people say with everyone who is religious...

Sure we should be working towards morality, but when that fails we need something to fall back on - and it seems this does that nicely :)
 
kilps said:
I really wish people would stop associating what certain religious people say with everyone who is religious...
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I certainly did not associate this with everyone who is religious. But it is religious and it is clap-trap.
 
noxibox said:
What is moral?
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Good point - and very debatable - which is exactly why this is a good thing; because whatever your morals are if they fail this should be something else to fall back on

By working towards morals I guess I just mean that we are working towards what we perceive at the present to be moral - for example that it isn't a good idea for a 12 year old to have a sexual relationship - but the point is that it is still possible so we should cater for that happening :cool:
 
"Definitief 'n tameletjie."

Each person decides about his/her own morals and will stick to it no matter what the world or law dictates.

To say, you have failed as a parent if your 12 year old has a sex life, is not really very realistic, as we cannot make our children's decisions for them. We can only hope that they will take what we try to teach them, to heart and abstain until they are emtionally ripe for it. But it still stays a hope.

So wether they receive condoms or not, they will have or won't have sex according to their own morals. The law won't change this.
 
Am I missing something or is not the legal age for sexual activity 16 and any sexual activity before that age, defined as a form of rape (cannot remember the exact age), even if consensual or involving two people under that age? So if that still stands, then surely anyone supplying condoms to someone under that age, thereby an accessory to this rape?

On another side, the fact that I am my child’s legal guardian till the age of 18, means I damn sure have the right to decide is my child is having sex before then and I will be damn pissed off if someone is supplying my child contraceptives without my consent until my child is at least of a legally consenting age and more appropriately classified as an adult at the age of 18.
 
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