NO APRIL FOOL

A BOOK WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER THIS YEAR TITLED "THE THRILL OF THE CHASTE," BY MISS DAWN EDEN. ARE WE KIDDING? AN UNMARRIED WOMAN NAMED DAWN - AS IN A NEW DAY - AND SURNAMED EDEN - AS IN THE ORIGINIAL AND UNTOUCHED WORLD - DISCUSSING VIRGINITY? OR WILL SHE?
I WILL. AMERICANS SHOULD STAND UNITED FOR CHASTITY BEFORE MARRIAGE OR AS A RESPONSIBLE CHOICE IN THE SINGLE OR RELIGIOUS LIFE. ENOUGH POOH-POOHING THIS VIRTUE AS IF IT WERE IMPOSSIBLE OR DETRACTS FROM SELF-WORTH, PERSONAL FULFILLMENT OR PEACE OF MIND. THE CONTRARY HOLDS TRUE. IT NEED NOT DEFEAT ADOLESCENCTS. THE DEFEATIST ATTITUDE ITSELF, LIKE FEAR, WHICH FORMER PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT REJECTED DURING THE DEPRESSION, IS THE ONLY THING TO BE FEARED. THE DISABILITY OF SEXUAL REPRESSION DOES NOT NECESSARILY CHARACTERIZE YOUTH. THE THRILL OF THE HUNT FOR A MATE WOULD NOT BE LOST IF CHASTITY WERE MAINTAINED. INSTEAD, PURITY OF FORM WOULD BE PRESERVED. COMMITMENT TO THIS PRINCIPLE WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT WITH A MIND SET AGAINST ITS VIOLATION. INDIVIDUALS REJECT LIVER, BROCCOLI, SPEEDING, SMOKING OR A SOME THING SIMILARLY ODIOUS BECAUSE IT IS ABHORRED. IF THE FIRST STEP INVOLVES COMMITMENT TO THE IDEA, THE SECOND STEP IS TO AVOID PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT PROVIDE TEMPTATIONS. THE GOOD WALK FORWARD WILL NOT BE SPOILED (AS JOHN FEINSTEIN SAID ABOUT GOLF). THE REWARD FOR CHASTITY CAN ONLY BE ATTESTED TO BY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. BY THOSE HAPPY COUPLES WHO HAVE NEVER REGRETTED THEIR CHOICES, ARE PROUD OF THEM AND HAVE DERIVED LIFE-LONG SATISFACTION (SEXUAL AND SPIRITUAL) FROM THEM. NO APRIL FOOL'S JOKE- THIS CALL FOR VIRGINITY BEFORE MARRIAGE. COMMITTMENT IN MARRIAGE IS NO JOKE EITHER.