Sentence examples for preach abstinence from inspiring English sources

Preach abstinence or buy condoms?

Some preach abstinence yet turn a blind eye to polygamous marriages, adultery and genital mutilation.

Coaches preach abstinence in training camps and warn of the bad habits often associated with darts.

Most importantly, it does not preach abstinence: the goal, instead, is harm reduction.

They preach abstinence but, hilariously, are constantly bending their own rules to excuse their promiscuity.

It would be easy to preach abstinence to children until they're 21, but is it naive and even irresponsible to think that teenagers won't experiment?

While some schools continue to preach "abstinence-only," others have softened their sex ed policies to include "abstinence-plus," which teaches safe-sex practices, contraception and causes and effects of sexually transmitted diseases in addition to abstinence.

Should governments continue to depend so heavily on tobacco revenues while at the same preaching abstinence from smoking?

If preaching abstinence with a convert's zeal really does prevent infection, that will have been a valuable lesson.

They capture American culture and its perversion, its hypocrisy — how absorbed we are with youth and beauty and sexualized imagery, for instance, while preaching abstinence and modesty.

(Incidentally, I beg those who think that preaching abstinence to teens is any kind of real solution to recall Bristol Palin's story, among others).