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From: rafferty@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA (Colin Rafferty)
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Subject: Re: Premarital Sex
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Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 01:01:43 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 19 01:01:43 1985
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> I don't object to anyone else have nonmarital sex but I'm not emotionally
> suited to physical intimacy without the commitment of an intention to
> marry, so it's not for me.
> 
> I look forward to reading other comments.
> 
> --Lee Gold

I am very happy to hear someone say that she doesn't like premarital sex and
not try to enforce that preference on anybody else.  I am a 20 year old
male, brought up under Jewish influence (currently agnostic), not married,
and have no plans for it in the near future.

On the other hand, I have tried my hand at nonmarital sex, and have enjoyed
it very much.  The young lady that I had it with was someone that I had
known well, and I had gotten very close to before.

My idea is that if a man and a woman are consenting, anything goes.  I would
not have sex with someone that I just met, or don't care very much for, and
I don't quite understand why other people do, but I am not one to impose my
own morals on anybody else.

I just think that commitment is the keyword here, but it does not
necessarily have to be towards marriage.

----
            Colin Rafferty { Math Department, Carnegie-Mellon University }

"I suspect that CMU would deny ever knowing me, let alone sharing my views."