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eral churchmen and psychologists
suggested that no action is good or
bad based on the act itself or on any
law, but on whether an act would
"help others" in the context of the
situation.
While there was a certain fad–
dism in popularizing such permis–
sive views, breakdown of moral
standards in education, the family,
business and religion was becoming
prevalent in virtually all nations of
the Western world. Parents were
enjoying growing incomes and
prosperity. They decided to indulge
reported a social historian in Swe–
den in the late 1960s.
Out of the Closet
From the decade of the I960s
onward, homosexuality, the "love
that [once] dare not speak its
name," began to be more and more
open and tolerated. Today, sizable
sections of many large cities are
given over to this life-style. Homo–
sexual activists by the thousands
boldly march in streets and pres–
sure legislatures for full legaliza–
tion of homosexuality as a valid
SOARINQ CAlME RATS: U.S.
alternative life-style with–
out any discrimination.
Politicians often vie for
their vote.
(Note: Figures for U.S. prior to 1960 are incompleta. Only a few
hundred citles reportad in 1930s and 40s; today over 15,000 do.)
In 1968, the strict
movie code of past de-
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Quickly films descended
into portrayals of the
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depths of human perver-
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sion and violence. Busi-
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nesses arose that blatantly
catered to base attrac-
150 tions. Topless and bot–
tomless bars blossomed.
100
Live sex performances
appeared on stage.
50
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40
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On television, too, ad–
vertisements became more
suggestive. "If TV is more
permissive, it is because
the audience-indeed the
whole society- is going
along," said one vice-presi–
dent of a major television
network. Today porno–
graphic films are leading
sellers for U.S. cable TV
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70
75
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Source: Federal Bureau of lnvestigation
in a pleasure binge. Family breakup
and divorce spiraled. Youth, with
more cars and money than ever
before, joined in the permissive
fling.
"There is more illicit sex today
than ever before," said the Minister
of Health in Johannesburg, South
Africa, in 1968. Venereal disel;lSe
among adults had doubled over the
previous dozen years, he said.
"Englis h college students are
more promiscuous than their coun–
terparts in Canada, the United
States, West Germany and Nor–
way," said a survey organized by
American author Vanee Packard.
Two thirds of Swedish women were
pregnant by their wedding day,
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and home videotape viewers.
In the 1960s, the "fre.e speech
movement" of U.S. colleges and uni–
versities quickly descended into the
"dirty speech
movemen~."
College
dormitories commonly became
coed.
Then in the late 1960s and 1970s
the hippie movement blossomed in
Western nations. This was a move–
ment of mostly young people who by
the scores of thousands were totally
turned off to adult values and life·–
styles. l nstead they turned on to nat- .
ural foods, natural childbirth, nurs–
ing at the mother's breast and, tragi–
cally, to illicit drugs, free sex and
communal living. But the "love" of
the flower children (flowers repre-
sented peace) often turned into vio–
lent behavior.
Unisex fashions carne into vogue
(see the prohibitions of such fash–
ions in Deuteronomy 22:5). Men's
hairstyles became like women's;
and women's became more like
men's (in ignorance of the instruc–
tions revealed in Scripture-1 Co–
rinthians 11:14).
Music and lyrics progressively
took on louder, more raucous, sen–
sual moods of indulgence and
rebell ion.
From the wife-swapping of
~the
1960s, scores of thousands in ., the
1970s and 1980s simply turned to
living together without benefit of
marriage. Sorne sociologists sug–
gested extramarital affairs could be
beneficial.
Not long ago in Britain, a college
official stated, "The young must
work out their own code of morali–
ty-we can only advise them. " Said
a noted U.S. psychiatrist, "Unless a
girl comes to college with a strong,
religiously backed moral code, she
may find it increasingly difficult to
remain chaste in the permissive
atmosphere on today's campuses."
Today, not losing one's virginity
early is looked upon by many as
foolish.
The women's liberation move–
ment encouraged women to de–
mand the freedom to do whatever
they wanted with their minds and
bodies. Many were influenced to
scorn the traditional mother-home–
maker role. The impact on family
life and life itself was deeply felt.
New Social Plagues Erupt
Today, abortion (killing) of inno–
cent babies mounts up to a silent
holocaust of multiple millions every
year. Tllegitimate babies account
for more and more births; in sec–
tions of sorne cities up to
'fü
per–
cent or more of births occur out of
wedlock.
New social disease terrors have
been unloosed on society through
loose sexual living.
Incurable genital herpes and
antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea have
joined around two dozen other sex–
ually transmissible diseases ram–
paging out of control. Now
AIDS- acquired immune deficien–
cy syndrome- terrorizes the homo-
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