[[Image:Bride and groom.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Word of God approves only one sexual relationship:
that between a husband and wife within marriage.]]
'''Sexual continence''' is abstaining from sexual actions until married
, and remaining strictly faithful within marriage. <blockquote>What's right is always smart, and always for your good. Sex is not just something you do—sex is someone you are. It is linked to the welfare of your whole person. <ref> [http://www.epm.org/articles/sexpur.html Guidelines for Sexual Purity] by Randy Alcorn. </ref></blockquote>
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''In 1917, The American Medical Association passes a resolution declaring that "sexual continence is compatible with health and is the best prevention of venereal infections," and one of the methods for controlling syphilis is by controlling alcohol. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels prohibits the practice of distributing contraceptives to sailors bound on shore leave, and Congress passes laws setting up "dry and decent zones" around military camps. "Many barkeepers are fined for selling liquor to men in uniform. Only at Coney Island could soldiers and sailors change into the grateful anonymity of bathing suits and drink without molestation from patriotic passers-by."'' <ref>[http://www.sodaknorml.org/history.htm A History of Drug Use and Prohibition]</ref>
==Divorce==
The divorce rate In the United States]] is slightly among committed Christians than in the general population. There are no statistics about the numbers of Christians who stay in unhappy and/or abusive marriages because they believe that divorce is sinful. By contrast atheists and agnostics are under no pressure to stay in unhappy relationships but they divorce less often. Secular websites argue that this is because they "try each other out" and find out if they are sexually compatible before marrying and starting a family.
== See also ==