Free Condoms: Go and Fornicate

In observance of World AIDS Day today, the city of Chicago is distributing 20,000 free condoms at various CTA stops. According to myfoxchicago dot com, the goal of the department of public health is to give away 10 million condoms from now until the end of the year. Aren’t you glad your tax dollars are hard at work promoting fornication?!

The message behind these freebees is simple. Free condoms: Go and fornicate.

Sadly, city officials are peddling a lie. There is no such thing as safe sex (i.e. sex without consequences). Not in the eyes of the Triune God. Sex outside of marriage—whatever form it takes—is always sinful. Always.

• “Out of the heart proceed … fornications.” [Matthew 15:19]
• Neither fornicators, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites … will inherit the kingdom of God. [1 Corinthians 6:9-10]
• Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication… [Galatians 5:19]
• But fornication … let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints. [Ephesians 5:3]
• Put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication… [Colossians 3:5]
• Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. [Hebrews 13:4]

Stop the lie. Sex is a wonderful gift from God. However, it is to be enjoyed exclusively between husband and wife within the sacred institution of marriage.