Welcome to Pure Choices.
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I'm so glad that you
have joined us again today
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for another episode.
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As you know, all season long,
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we've been dealing with some hot
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and very serious topics
concerning our sexuality.
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And today is going
to be no different,
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we're gonna jump right in there.
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Before we get
into this topic though,
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I want to take a moment
and just introduce to you
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our panel today,
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and a special guest
that we have with us.
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I'm gonna start over
here with my brother.
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You all have known him,
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he's been with
us all season long,
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Pastor Alfonzo Greene,
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and he's at the First
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SDA Church in
Huntsville, Alabama.
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And then we have my
brother to the far right,
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Pastor Michael B Kelly
who joins us from Riverside,
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California at the Mount Rubidoux
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Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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And then we have
my brother right here
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in the pink and green
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who's coming to
us from Nashville,
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Pastor Michael Polite,
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and you know that he pastoring
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the Riverside Chapel Church
there in Nashville, Tennessee.
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And we have a
special guest with us today,
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Miss Dana Battle who is here,
local from Huntsville, Alabama.
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She's here, but
she works specifically
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with the Alabama
Health Department.
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She does
specifically STD public training
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and programming
director essentially.
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And we brought her here today
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because we
specifically want to deal
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with this topic of STDs.
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You know me, I'm your
host, Pastor Seth Yelorda.
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And so we're just gonna
jump right into this thing.
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Miss Dana, just talk to
us a little bit about STDs,
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specifically within
the black community.
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You know, we know
or we hear at least
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that they are rampant
in the black community,
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disproportionately
rampant in the black community.
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Is there truth to that?
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Is there any validity to that?
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Talk to us and just
kind of inform our audience
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and what's really
going on out there?
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Yes, that is true statement.
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Actually, the 2010
surveillance report
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was just released last month
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by the Centers
for Disease Control.
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And so the reports do indicate
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that African-Americans are
disproportionately affected
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by sexually
transmitted diseases.
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And so it is very important,
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I'm glad you all are doing this,
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putting the
information out there
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so that they can get the message
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and understand that,
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now is the time
to take precaution.
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Now, you know, some
people might be wondering,
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you know, this topic,
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you know, the title of
the show was Pure Choices.
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You know, and
you're talking about STDs,
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you know, we're gonna be talking
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about condoms
and contraceptives,
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and that type of thing.
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How does me being pure
and making pure choices
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had anything to do with STDs?
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And like, it almost seems like
there may be a conflict here.
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But we just want to
let our audience know that,
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even in making pure choices,
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we still need to
be aware of STDs.
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We were talking about it.
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I think there's two
ways to look at that.
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Being pure is this
idea of condoms wearing,
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I should say this
way is not gonna stop you
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from not being pure,
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'cause I keep a condom
or some sort of protection
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that's not pure.
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What we are after
of course is purity
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in its greatest
sense to be ideal
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which obviously
when we're not pure has
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with its spiritual consequences.
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However, when we are pure,
and we make some bad choices,
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there are some
earthly consequences
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which I know we're gonna
get into and so our deal,
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of course, is we
don't want you to deal
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with spiritual consequences
or the earthly consequences,
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however some folks
are still struggling
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in that area and so, man,
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it would stink to have
to deal with both of those.
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So, you know, I think we
do want to make it clear,
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I'm glad we started that way,
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we're not, in
any way, saying that
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if you don't have a disease
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or don't catch it
or you use some of,
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you know, protection
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that you are
protected for being impure
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because a condom
doesn't stop sin,
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you know, those things.
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And that's something
that we talked about maybe,
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you know, episode one,
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program one where
we talked about it,
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where we said that sex
and sexuality is something
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that affects the
whole person, you know.
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It's not just a physical thing
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but there's an
emotional element to sexuality,
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there's a spiritual
element to sexuality,
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and so you could put a condom on
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and it might protect
you from the consequence
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of the physical side,
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but a condom can't
protect your heart,
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a condom can't
protect your spirit.
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And so we really
want our audience to know
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that this thing, yes,
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we are definitely
advocating purity.
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But we also want to
look at the other side of,
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you know, sexuality
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that when you do make a decision
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to engage in illicit sex,
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you know, where
you're having such as random,
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multiple partners,
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or even just one
partner outside of marriage
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that there is consequences,
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and these consequences are real,
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these consequences
can be life threatening,
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you know, these consequences
can be deadly, you know.
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And so we really want to,
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you know, just put it out there.
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Yeah, I wanted to
ask, Dana, with your work
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and we talked about
you see it prevalent
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in the black community,
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what's the age range
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where this is
really kind of hitting hard
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in that community?
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What age do you
normally see that?
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Well, we see all ages.
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But our targeted
populations meaning,
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where we see most
disease is 15 to 24.
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Now that's broken
down like from 15 to 19,
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and then 20 to 24.
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But the prevalence of disease is
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so great in both
of those categories
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as we put them together,
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so 15 to 24
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but the close
second at 25 to 29.
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And so those are
the formative years,
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those are the years
that, you know, most people,
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young people feel
that they can do anything.
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They're invincible. Right.
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And so the message
really needs to get to them.
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Right.
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I just wanted to
just kind of piggyback off
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of that in the sense
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that just from
the faith community,
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you know, from that angle,
that it's important to know,
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as she just
mentioned those numbers,
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that this is not something that
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the faith
community is immune from,
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that we see many young
people within our churches
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that come to
church every single week
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but that are sexually active.
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And, you know, for
some of our viewers,
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you know, that may have
their head buried in the sand,
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they need to be
aware of the fact
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that these
dangers are not only just
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real outside of the church,
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but these dangers are also
real within the faith community.
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And I'll never forget,
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I was here at Oakwood University
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when I was a junior,
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and someone came from
the health department,
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I don't remember the person.
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It probably was Dana then. No.
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I wasn't gonna say that.
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But someone came and they,
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you know, it was
during a chapel service
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and the whole student
body was in the church,
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and they show
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these graphic
pictures of like...
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My Lord.
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You know, what your
genitals will look like
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if you have gonorrhea?
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What herpes looks like?
What syphilis looks like?
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I mean, the whole,
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I mean, everyone was
like throwing up their lunch,
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you know, they were showing
extremely graphic pictures.
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There was like...
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It was like someone
just blew your stuff
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like you're grading there.
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Exactly.
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I mean, there was
like a moratorium on sex
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for like two weeks strong.
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Everyone's like,
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"Yo, we're not
doing this," you know.
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But it was a shock,
you know, to a degree,
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it was a shock treatment.
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But to me, those images
have always been kind of lodged
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in my mind like,
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"Man, if you go down that road,
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this is what is out
there waiting for you."
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From your experience,
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what are some of
the more prevalent STDs
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that you find in the community,
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and then what are
some of the consequences,
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you know, of these STDs,
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like what effects
they have on your body
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and just that whole thing?
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Well, right now, chlamydia is...
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Wow, it's just...
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Can I say off the chain?
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Okay, so... Yeah.
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I mean, that is like
the most prevalent disease.
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What exactly is it?
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Chlamydia is caused by bacteria.
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Okay. It is a curable infection.
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However, most people
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who are infected
don't have symptoms.
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So they can go
for quite sometime,
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very long time.
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Passing it around
and still having sex.
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Passing it, right.
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And unfortunately,
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complications from the
disease can lead to infertility.
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And for women especially,
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pelvic inflammatory disease
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which can be very
dangerous and deadly
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where the fallopian tubes
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can burst and
those kinds of things.
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So chlamydia, gonorrhea,
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syphilis, HIV have...
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There were statistics posted
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that one in four
teenagers has an STD.
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One in four? One in four.
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Wow.
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And the most prevalent diseases
were listed, chlamydia was one,
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but herpes, HPV
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which is a human papillomavirus
causes genital warts.
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And trichomonas which
is a type of vaginitis
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but it's caused by a parasite.
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A lot of diseases are prevalent,
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we can't really
go into all of them.
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But billions of
dollars are spent every year,
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every year on people who
suffer from complications.
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You said, billions?
Billions, with the B.
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Every year on people
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who have
complications from disease,
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and of course, we want
to prevent complications
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but we want to prevent disease.
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So these diseases are very real.
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I think most people
think in terms of cure
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as opposed to treatment
because, you know, well,
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I can get a shot for that,
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or I can take
some pills for that.
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And so it's kind of
devalued in the respect that,
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"Okay, maybe I'm
not afraid of it,
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I can get a shot or something."
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Then we're not
taking it seriously.
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But there are a lot
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of other viral
infections out there
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which we don't have a
cure for like, herpes,
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like HIV, like
human papillomavirus.
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I mean Magic has HIV.
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And he's been alive
for 20 years with it.
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Yeah, Magic's like
he's just be chilling.
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I mean, so I mean...
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Magic has money.
Yes, Magic has money.
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Does his situation or
his success in managing HIV,
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could it possibly send
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a wrong message
to people saying,
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"If you have it, you know,
Magic has it, no big deal?"
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It could be but we
don't see behind the scenes.
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We don't see
Magic behind the scenes.
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And again, Magic has money.
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Magic could afford treatments
and medication at a time
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when he was diagnosed
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that were not
necessarily available
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to the average person
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who has disease when
your medical price tag is,
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you know, 2000 bucks a month.
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Wow.
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You know, and you've
got to figure out a way
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to live and get your medication.
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So everybody has
different challenges.
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So, Dana, I have a question.
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We started the show talking
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about how the
African-American community
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is just being
run through by STDs.
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Does that mean
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that the
African-American community
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is more sexual
than other communities?
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No. None, whatsoever.
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None, whatsoever.
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In fact, it doesn't even mean
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that we even engage
in more risky behavior.
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But what we need
to really focus on
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is that we're
being affected by...
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We only make up 13%
of the total population
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in the United States.
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And, but yet 60% of
disease is in our culture.
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And so we need
to stop and listen,
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let it penetrate,
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you know, how things just kind
of run through over your head,
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through you don't
really take it in.
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And so I guess you
look back at behavior,
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you look back at how's
this going to affect me,
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you need to apply what you hear.
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And really, really just,
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you know, know that
you're being affected by it.
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You know, in the,
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you know, faith community
that we live in or something
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that we look at the devil's
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a massive deceiver of deception.
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And one of the things I
just kind of hear some things
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that our young people think
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about sexually
transmitted diseases
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and those things.
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With all those
diseases that you mentioned,
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I know there is plenty more,
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are all of them only
contracted through intercourse,
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or can some of them
just come from kissing,
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through some other
things maybe just oral sex?
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'Cause some people
will say, "You know what,
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I'm not having sex,
I'm just having oral sex.
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I'm just kissing.
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We're just rubbing,
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maybe exchanging
different things that way."
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Can you still get
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some of those
things you mentioned
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in other ways as well
and which ways are they?
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Well, of course,
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and you don't want
to downplay the fact
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that people say,
"I'm not having sex."
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What you have to
get to the root of,
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is what are you
doing specifically
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that puts you at risk,
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because sexual intercourse
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and sexual acts
can put you at risk.
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And you also have
to look at the disease
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and how different
diseases are transmitted.
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There are diseases that
do present with symptoms
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that can appear
in different places
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depending on what
type of sex you have.
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So if I'm having oral sex,
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then those symptoms can appear
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in or around
the mouth, you know.
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So therefore,
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if I have those
symptoms in my mouth
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and I actually
happen to be kissing someone
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which may not be
sexual intercourse,
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that is a sexual act
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where someone who is infected
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with the disease can
put someone else at risk.
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So, you know, you have to
look at the whole picture.
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And people really have
to get a good understanding
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of what sex is.
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Intercourse, you know,
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you may think in terms
of just actual penetration.
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But again, you have to look
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at different types of
sexual acts and oral sex,
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because a lot of people
don't think that is sex.
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So I just want to be clear
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'cause I think
that's such a powerful point
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for some of the other
shows that we've gone through.
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So if I'm with somebody
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who's telling
about how far is too far,
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I could be with somebody,
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they've had oral
sex with somebody else.
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All they do is kiss me
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but I could
have gotten something
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that they've got from
oral sex just from kissing,
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is that what I understand?
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If I get those
symptoms in my mouth,
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and I've never even had
oral sex with the person,
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we just kissed.
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You can be exposed.
Yes, you can be exposed.
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Right.
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I think, this is
bringing up a conversation
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that a lot of students
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are going to be
uncomfortable about having.
00:14:35.74\00:14:38.51
And that conversation
is kind of checking up
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on the people's background
that you're interested in.
00:14:40.84\00:14:44.51
Especially males, we don't like
00:14:44.55\00:14:46.65
when a female
approaches us and say,
00:14:46.68\00:14:48.08
"So who you've been with?
00:14:48.12\00:14:49.45
And what you've done before?"
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"Hey, girl, don't
worry about all that.
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You know what I'm
saying. I got you. I got you."
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You know, we,
brothers usually...
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They got to be right.
In case you got sober.
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Well, it's interesting
that you should say that
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because we're
running billboard campaigns.
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And last year,
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we had a billboard
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actually right up
on 565 on Interstate.
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And it talked to that very thing
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is that who are the 63 people
00:15:13.94\00:15:15.58
that you had
sex with last night?
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And there's a man
and a woman there,
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and it has two people.
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But what happens is,
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it grows and it goes out behind
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because the
message is that everybody
00:15:24.05\00:15:26.76
that you had sex with,
00:15:26.79\00:15:28.46
I just had sex with
because that's your past,
00:15:28.49\00:15:31.86
that's your history.
00:15:31.89\00:15:33.23
And so, you know, the graph
00:15:33.26\00:15:36.73
just kind of
grew out from there.
00:15:36.77\00:15:38.20
So that is a powerful message,
00:15:38.23\00:15:40.60
you know,
because a lot of people
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don't realize that,
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you know, they're bringing
00:15:44.84\00:15:46.27
that forward to the next person.
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And those symptoms may
not manifest right away.
00:15:49.51\00:15:53.78
Dana, as you just
kind of broke that now,
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it just kind of brings
you back to some of our,
00:15:55.18\00:15:56.72
you know, other
shows in the sense
00:15:56.75\00:15:59.22
that we're talking
about, like you said,
00:15:59.25\00:16:00.59
how far is too far,
00:16:00.62\00:16:01.96
friends with benefits and stuff.
00:16:01.99\00:16:03.32
I mean, you're really
00:16:03.36\00:16:04.69
in some dangerous
territory in the day
00:16:04.73\00:16:06.46
and age that we live in,
00:16:06.49\00:16:08.33
just even the
casual things that you do.
00:16:08.36\00:16:11.23
Because like she said,
00:16:11.27\00:16:13.23
I mean, that person could
have had oral sex with somebody,
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they could have something,
00:16:16.14\00:16:17.47
and just catch it.
00:16:17.51\00:16:19.14
It's just really makes you up...
00:16:19.17\00:16:20.51
It's too risky.
00:16:20.54\00:16:21.88
Yeah, it's too risky, but then
it also makes you appreciate
00:16:21.91\00:16:23.75
even more just from
the Christian standpoint,
00:16:23.78\00:16:26.85
what God's talking about.
00:16:26.88\00:16:28.35
I mean, God kind of
knows what He's talking about.
00:16:28.38\00:16:30.79
When you follow His ideal,
it saves you from so much,
00:16:30.82\00:16:35.42
you know, unnecessary stuff.
00:16:35.46\00:16:37.03
You know, when
you make a decision,
00:16:37.06\00:16:38.39
you know what, I'm gonna
save myself for marriage,
00:16:38.43\00:16:39.79
or if I have
gone down that road,
00:16:39.83\00:16:42.23
I know from this point forward,
I'm gonna commit to purity,
00:16:42.26\00:16:45.83
you know, and
I'm gonna seek that.
00:16:45.87\00:16:47.20
It saves you from so much drama.
00:16:47.24\00:16:48.84
The thing that I've often found
that was interesting is that
00:16:48.87\00:16:50.81
when dealing with young people,
00:16:50.84\00:16:52.17
it seems like every, and
I don't want to generalize
00:16:52.21\00:16:54.14
but a lot of young
people that deal with,
00:16:54.18\00:16:55.51
they have this mentality of,
00:16:55.54\00:16:56.91
"It won't happen to me,"
00:16:56.95\00:16:58.55
you know, like, "Oh,
yeah, you know, we see it.
00:16:58.58\00:17:00.45
And we know but
it won't happen to me
00:17:00.48\00:17:02.65
until that happens
to them," you know.
00:17:02.68\00:17:04.65
What do you say to young people
00:17:04.69\00:17:06.05
who have that
approach to life like,
00:17:06.09\00:17:07.82
"It won't happen to me," like,
00:17:07.86\00:17:09.19
"Yeah, I hear
what you're saying,
00:17:09.22\00:17:10.56
you know, 63 in the whole,
00:17:10.59\00:17:12.16
you know, disease amount
but it won't happen to me."
00:17:12.19\00:17:15.33
Well, what you
have to look at too is,
00:17:15.36\00:17:18.97
that whole age group
that I mentioned earlier,
00:17:19.00\00:17:22.84
you know, they all have a
certain set of risk factors.
00:17:22.87\00:17:26.74
And as teen's growing up,
00:17:26.78\00:17:28.84
you have lack of awareness.
00:17:28.88\00:17:33.15
And again like I said,
those are formative years.
00:17:33.18\00:17:35.08
Those are the years that
they're finding themselves
00:17:35.12\00:17:38.59
that, you know, they're
wanting to do and experiment,
00:17:38.62\00:17:40.86
and have fun, and get out there.
00:17:40.89\00:17:42.72
So messages that you send
them as parents, as pastors,
00:17:42.76\00:17:46.26
as other Christians,
00:17:46.29\00:17:49.20
and other people
who are in their lives,
00:17:49.23\00:17:51.17
they come in and they go out.
00:17:51.20\00:17:53.13
And they don't really
think about those things
00:17:53.17\00:17:55.80
and it doesn't stick.
00:17:55.84\00:17:57.17
The cause and effect. Right.
00:17:57.21\00:17:59.04
And because they,
you know, moving on.
00:17:59.07\00:18:00.64
And I'm not saying
that that's all young people
00:18:00.68\00:18:03.04
because there are
some who are very focused.
00:18:03.08\00:18:05.31
But, you know,
for the most part,
00:18:05.35\00:18:06.92
that's not where
most of the teens are,
00:18:06.95\00:18:09.15
that's not where a
lot of young people are.
00:18:09.18\00:18:11.82
And so you really
have to send a message
00:18:11.85\00:18:15.26
that helps them
00:18:15.29\00:18:17.09
to target number
one who they are,
00:18:17.13\00:18:19.33
you know, to having interest
in developing themselves.
00:18:19.36\00:18:23.87
You know, if you don't have
a goal to shoot for in life,
00:18:23.90\00:18:27.57
where am I gonna be
five years from now,
00:18:27.60\00:18:28.94
where am I gonna
be ten years from now,
00:18:28.97\00:18:30.97
then you kind of
right here in the moment.
00:18:31.01\00:18:32.94
And that goes back to
lack of awareness again.
00:18:32.97\00:18:35.18
You know, you
really have to be aware.
00:18:35.21\00:18:37.25
So I have a question
for you on awareness.
00:18:37.28\00:18:39.38
Yes.
00:18:39.41\00:18:41.15
Have you actually
noticed awareness changing
00:18:41.18\00:18:44.95
the decisions of young people?
00:18:44.99\00:18:48.42
I have friends, we sat
in sex-ed in high school,
00:18:48.46\00:18:51.93
we saw the graphic photographs,
we had even people coming,
00:18:51.96\00:18:56.23
giving their
personal experience,
00:18:56.26\00:18:59.50
telling us what they're
dealing with on a day to day.
00:18:59.53\00:19:02.40
And then some of my
boys, couple days later,
00:19:02.44\00:19:06.21
we're chopping it
up in the locker room,
00:19:06.24\00:19:07.74
talking about who smashed
and who didn't, you know.
00:19:07.78\00:19:10.78
Is awareness really
changing the teenage mind
00:19:10.81\00:19:14.68
when it comes to their choices?
00:19:14.72\00:19:16.38
It should. You
would think it would.
00:19:16.42\00:19:19.99
Think about it,
smoking bad for you?
00:19:20.02\00:19:23.32
How many people smoke?
00:19:23.36\00:19:24.86
What does it
take for you to stop?
00:19:24.89\00:19:26.63
I mean, it's like
a habit, you know.
00:19:26.66\00:19:28.86
And how long does it
take you to break a bad habit?
00:19:28.90\00:19:31.57
You know, you need to be
aware of what it's gonna be.
00:19:31.60\00:19:35.24
And you have to be motivated.
00:19:35.27\00:19:36.97
You have to be
motivated to change that.
00:19:37.01\00:19:39.41
You know, is it
gonna take a heart attack?
00:19:39.44\00:19:42.21
Is it gonna take you
getting a disease to say,
00:19:42.24\00:19:43.65
"You know what,
00:19:43.68\00:19:45.01
I'm gonna have to
back up off of this"?
00:19:45.05\00:19:46.48
But I guess when I was younger,
00:19:46.51\00:19:49.62
my mother used
to say a thing to me
00:19:49.65\00:19:51.12
that really I
didn't understand at then,
00:19:51.15\00:19:52.59
but I understand it now.
00:19:52.62\00:19:53.96
And she used to say,
00:19:53.99\00:19:55.32
"It's better to stay
out than have to get out."
00:19:55.36\00:19:57.66
And, you know, why I have to go
and deal with this when really,
00:19:57.69\00:20:02.46
if I just do certain things now,
00:20:02.50\00:20:04.47
I don't have to
deal with them at all.
00:20:04.50\00:20:07.64
And so if younger
people, and even adults,
00:20:07.67\00:20:12.01
if we can get the message right
00:20:12.04\00:20:13.88
and get it and get
people to understand
00:20:13.91\00:20:16.75
that if I apply this,
this is gonna work for me.
00:20:16.78\00:20:18.85
One of the things...
00:20:18.88\00:20:20.22
Well, I was just gonna
say, one of things in our last,
00:20:20.25\00:20:21.68
one of our other shows,
00:20:21.72\00:20:23.52
we talked about
just kind of how sex,
00:20:23.55\00:20:26.02
the topic of sex is taboo
within the faith community.
00:20:26.05\00:20:29.06
I think we all know that.
00:20:29.09\00:20:30.93
What are some things
though that churches,
00:20:30.96\00:20:34.66
people in the faith
community can do to help as we,
00:20:34.70\00:20:39.90
you know, it's
health department,
00:20:39.93\00:20:41.27
other individuals in creating
awareness and just kind of,
00:20:41.30\00:20:44.74
you know, really providing
00:20:44.77\00:20:46.11
some type of positive
impact on this whole issue?
00:20:46.14\00:20:49.54
Well, it's so interesting
00:20:49.58\00:20:51.35
because, you know,
00:20:51.38\00:20:52.71
some people can't
even say the word sex.
00:20:52.75\00:20:54.35
I mean, we all got here
because somebody had sex.
00:20:54.38\00:20:57.42
But, you know, you really need
to have somebody in a church
00:20:57.45\00:21:01.82
who is comfortable...
00:21:01.86\00:21:03.19
Talking about it.
00:21:03.22\00:21:04.56
Just talking about it,
approaching it, and say,
00:21:04.59\00:21:06.46
"Okay, I'm just
gonna be your sex person."
00:21:06.49\00:21:09.16
You know, you would
think that it's a part of life,
00:21:09.20\00:21:12.57
it's who we are,
00:21:12.60\00:21:14.10
you know, it doesn't
have to be a bad thing.
00:21:14.14\00:21:16.50
But you know, you've got
to have some people there
00:21:16.54\00:21:18.97
who are comfortable,
00:21:19.01\00:21:21.21
who are interested
00:21:21.24\00:21:23.65
and making sure people
have the right message,
00:21:23.68\00:21:27.15
you know, behind it.
00:21:27.18\00:21:28.52
With the right decisions. Right.
00:21:28.55\00:21:29.88
And so, you know, it
may take some training,
00:21:29.92\00:21:33.22
it may, you know, and you want
00:21:33.25\00:21:34.59
to bring other
people in of course
00:21:34.62\00:21:36.02
because if that's something
00:21:36.06\00:21:37.73
that you truly want to
develop in your ministries,
00:21:37.76\00:21:40.00
then, you know, that's
just where you have to go.
00:21:40.03\00:21:42.90
You know, I wanted to ask...
00:21:42.93\00:21:45.17
I think there's
another parallel epidemic
00:21:45.20\00:21:47.60
as it were in the
African-American community,
00:21:47.64\00:21:50.04
that's children out of wedlock.
00:21:50.07\00:21:52.37
And I'm wondering,
00:21:52.41\00:21:53.74
with some of the
diseases and things,
00:21:53.78\00:21:55.94
do those outside of,
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maybe we would
say the obvious HIV,
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do those effect?
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Can those be passed
down to the children?
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Can the children come in,
like I said, maybe besides HIV,
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I think some
people already have,
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we kind of know that."
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How does that,
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and if there are
some of those specifically
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that you could share with us?
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Oh, most definitely.
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What mom is carrying can
be passed on to the baby.
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Not necessarily in utero
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while there are diseases like
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syphilis can be
passed to the baby,
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while she's carrying it.
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But other diseases like
chlamydia and gonorrhea,
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the baby can be exposed to
that in the birth canal, herpes.
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And so can the
baby be treated for?
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Yes.
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Is mom getting prenatal care
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where she can even be
tested for these diseases?
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You know, that's another thing.
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But Alabama
actually ranks in the top 10
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for those diseases
syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia.
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You know, we
reported several cases
00:22:52.83\00:22:55.80
of congenital syphilis last year
00:22:55.84\00:22:57.91
which one case is not good.
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But we are in the top
10 for congenital syphilis.
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Congenital
syphilis can be deadly,
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while syphilis is curable.
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You know, you don't
want babies to have to deal
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with the complications
from any of those diseases.
00:23:13.36\00:23:15.92
So if someone who
is sexually active,
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maybe they're not
having any symptoms,
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what would you say?
00:23:19.86\00:23:21.20
You know, two scenarios.
00:23:21.23\00:23:22.56
Let's say someone
does have symptoms,
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what do we do?
00:23:23.97\00:23:25.30
What do we tell them?
00:23:25.33\00:23:26.67
And let's say someone
has had unprotected sex,
00:23:26.70\00:23:28.04
you know, or is sexually active,
00:23:28.07\00:23:29.40
what then is our counsel to them
00:23:29.44\00:23:30.77
when it comes to
STDs and protection
00:23:30.81\00:23:32.14
and that type of thing?
00:23:32.17\00:23:33.51
Well, of course, if
they're having symptoms,
00:23:33.54\00:23:34.88
they definitely want to be
seen by medical professional,
00:23:34.91\00:23:38.25
get help because
you don't want them
00:23:38.28\00:23:39.65
to actually develop
complications from that.
00:23:39.68\00:23:42.88
And so, you know, our
health department is here,
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we have a free
clinic, the visits are free,
00:23:46.52\00:23:50.53
the medication is
free that we have there.
00:23:50.56\00:23:53.70
Dana, real quick with
that, can you maybe describe
00:23:53.73\00:23:55.53
with that
environment's kind of like,
00:23:55.56\00:23:56.90
because I know some people
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don't like to get checked out
because they're kind of afraid,
00:23:58.30\00:24:00.70
they don't know what it
is they're walking into,
00:24:00.74\00:24:02.20
there gonna be all
these eyes on them,
00:24:02.24\00:24:03.57
and everyone's gonna know
00:24:03.61\00:24:04.94
'cause there might be someone
00:24:04.97\00:24:06.31
who needs to do a
test sitting right now.
00:24:06.34\00:24:07.84
Yeah, and for the most part,
00:24:07.88\00:24:11.11
you know, I guess most
people would feel that way,
00:24:11.15\00:24:12.81
especially if
you know something's
00:24:12.85\00:24:14.18
going on with yourself.
00:24:14.22\00:24:15.78
But it's not gonna
go away, you know...
00:24:15.82\00:24:18.85
Even if you ignore it.
00:24:18.89\00:24:20.22
If you ignore it,
it's not gonna go away.
00:24:20.26\00:24:22.39
It's not going anywhere.
00:24:22.42\00:24:23.76
And so that's a situation
00:24:23.79\00:24:26.59
that you definitely
have to take care of.
00:24:26.63\00:24:30.73
Our clinic is a
confidential clinic.
00:24:30.77\00:24:32.93
You know, other
people can't call there
00:24:32.97\00:24:34.60
and get
information about your visit.
00:24:34.64\00:24:35.97
Your mother can't call
00:24:36.00\00:24:37.34
and get
information about your visit.
00:24:37.37\00:24:40.08
You know, we test for syphilis,
00:24:40.11\00:24:41.64
gonorrhea, HIV, chlamydia.
00:24:41.68\00:24:47.02
You know, anything
shows at that time,
00:24:47.05\00:24:50.35
they'll give you
the necessary medication
00:24:50.39\00:24:52.95
that you need.
00:24:52.99\00:24:54.42
Of course, if something does,
00:24:54.46\00:24:55.79
if the lab result
comes back positive,
00:24:55.82\00:24:57.19
we'll notify you to come back
00:24:57.23\00:24:59.09
and get any
medications that you will need.
00:24:59.13\00:25:02.13
But it's just
important to make sure
00:25:02.16\00:25:03.53
that you follow up
on that screenings.
00:25:03.57\00:25:06.33
Screenings are important.
00:25:06.37\00:25:07.80
If you're sexually active,
00:25:07.84\00:25:09.17
and you're not
having any problems,
00:25:09.20\00:25:10.84
you feel fine, doesn't
mean that everything's okay.
00:25:10.87\00:25:14.54
Screenings are important
because what a screening does,
00:25:14.58\00:25:17.78
it detects disease
00:25:17.81\00:25:19.61
that you wouldn't
even think are there.
00:25:19.65\00:25:21.48
Basically, a woman goes
in for her annual pap smear
00:25:21.52\00:25:27.52
which is cancer detection.
00:25:27.56\00:25:29.22
But then the
physician decides, okay,
00:25:29.26\00:25:30.96
I'm going to run this
panel of STDs as well.
00:25:30.99\00:25:33.33
She's not having any symptoms
form so you would think,
00:25:33.36\00:25:35.33
"Well, why would he test me?"
00:25:35.36\00:25:37.40
You know, "I'm a young lady.
00:25:37.43\00:25:38.80
And may be I'm
between the age of 15 and 25.
00:25:38.83\00:25:42.27
And I'm in that
targeted population
00:25:42.30\00:25:44.21
where STDs are prevalent.
00:25:44.24\00:25:46.34
So I'm just
gonna screen it anyway.
00:25:46.37\00:25:47.94
Or lo and behold,
00:25:47.98\00:25:49.31
she comes back
positive for chlamydia,
00:25:49.34\00:25:51.58
but she never knew it.
00:25:51.61\00:25:52.95
So she was screened
which is a good thing.
00:25:52.98\00:25:56.12
And I think maybe
more physicians should get
00:25:56.15\00:25:58.45
in that practice of
screening individuals.
00:25:58.49\00:26:01.32
Now females more so than males
00:26:01.36\00:26:03.16
because males
don't go to the doctor
00:26:03.19\00:26:04.53
like most females.
00:26:04.56\00:26:05.89
Right.
00:26:05.93\00:26:07.26
On the 15 to 24, 25,
00:26:07.30\00:26:10.20
let's say I'm 16.
00:26:10.23\00:26:13.07
Yeah, I'm
having some discomfort.
00:26:13.10\00:26:15.80
But I'm definitely
not going to Mom or Dad.
00:26:15.84\00:26:19.11
Can I get checked out
00:26:19.14\00:26:21.04
or can I get the
medical attention
00:26:21.08\00:26:23.45
I need without Mom
and Dad taking me there?
00:26:23.48\00:26:25.68
You can.
00:26:25.71\00:26:27.05
In the state of
Alabama, and I don't know
00:26:27.08\00:26:28.42
what the law is
in the other states,
00:26:28.45\00:26:30.62
but in the state of Alabama,
00:26:30.65\00:26:32.49
you can be 12 years old
00:26:32.52\00:26:34.09
and come without
parental consent.
00:26:34.12\00:26:36.22
Most people don't like that,
00:26:36.26\00:26:37.93
but that's the way
it is in our clinic.
00:26:37.96\00:26:40.26
So, you know, this is
a real topic, you know.
00:26:40.30\00:26:43.37
And, you know, I thank
you for coming and sharing.
00:26:43.40\00:26:45.20
We're running out of time.
00:26:45.23\00:26:46.94
Our whole purpose for this topic
00:26:46.97\00:26:48.30
is to really just
inform our audience
00:26:48.34\00:26:49.80
that this is real.
00:26:49.84\00:26:51.34
You know, please do not
think that it won't affect you.
00:26:51.37\00:26:54.44
If you are making decisions
to live a sexually active life,
00:26:54.48\00:26:57.85
this is real stuff
that you have to deal with.
00:26:57.88\00:26:59.58
And we encourage
you to protect yourself.
00:26:59.61\00:27:01.75
But here and
again you must remember
00:27:01.78\00:27:03.59
that a condom or contraceptives,
00:27:03.62\00:27:05.39
it won't protect your heart,
it won't protect your spirit.
00:27:05.42\00:27:08.09
And God has so much
more in store for you.
00:27:08.12\00:27:10.59
And so we here at Pure Choices,
00:27:10.63\00:27:11.96
we are very
intentional about making sure
00:27:11.99\00:27:13.93
that we promote abstinence.
00:27:13.96\00:27:16.70
Abstinence is the best way
00:27:16.73\00:27:18.07
that we can live
pure lives in Christ.
00:27:18.10\00:27:21.87
Are there any last
thoughts or comments real quick?
00:27:21.90\00:27:25.47
You know, I think
you really hit it,
00:27:25.51\00:27:27.28
just reminding
everyone that purity
00:27:27.31\00:27:29.54
is not the absence of something,
00:27:29.58\00:27:30.95
it's the presence of someone.
00:27:30.98\00:27:32.45
And while these things
are gonna be struggles,
00:27:32.48\00:27:34.38
very struggle you know to get
00:27:34.42\00:27:35.75
through to
maintain the abstinence
00:27:35.78\00:27:37.69
just because
you're not having sex,
00:27:37.72\00:27:39.05
our idea is please be pure.
00:27:39.09\00:27:40.79
Pure in God with your thoughts,
00:27:40.82\00:27:42.16
your words, your
actions, everything.
00:27:42.19\00:27:43.53
We just want you
to be pure in Christ.
00:27:43.56\00:27:44.89
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00:27:49.33\00:27:51.47
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00:27:52.90\00:27:54.24
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00:27:54.27\00:27:55.60
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00:27:55.64\00:27:57.01
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00:27:57.04\00:27:59.74
Right. That's it.
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