Thinking Out Loud: On The Personal, The Political, The Public And The Private (v5.0) - Plot & Excerpts
It is a time between: between childhood and maturity, between parental protection and personal responsibility, between life stage-managed by grown-ups and life privately held. Past thirteen, shy of twenty, our children seem to fire off from time to time like a barrel full of Roman candles. Prom pictures show them the way we want them, curled and clean. A week ago, in his diocesan newspaper column, Cardinal O’Connor wrote of a call from a New York law firm offering to represent Catholic parents of public school students “if condoms are forced on such a youngster without parental consent.” It’s the verb that is the red flag in that sentence. The plan to make condoms available in New York City high schools has nothing to do with force. The scenario of the principal at the school door pressing prophylactics for extra credit on unwilling fourteen-year-old virgins is useful for those who are opposed to this project. But it is a fraud. Teenagers who feel they need condoms will go to a specially designated room and receive them from a specially trained school staff member.
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