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Self-appointed arbiters of morailty are rarely right, whether they are from a Red state or a Blue state or a state of confusion.
It's just so weird that only the American culture is so hung up about sex. Our nation was initially colonized by Puritans who seemed to have believed that touching anyone for any purpose other than to pay a debt was disgusting and immoral. As much as the Puritan founders have been diluted with immigrants from around the globe, that sense of "icky" still pervades our culture. I don't want to think that way, but it was inherent in how I was raised. As a kid, I even thought the Life magazine photo essay of a developing fetus (shot in situ with fiber optics) was "dirty." Not to mention all those National Geographic articles on tribal people from warm climates who wear very little clothing!
As a culture, America needs to get out more, meet new folks, get a life, get a sense of proportion.
