Sex before Marriage
Kelsey Snyder
COM 225
Persuasive Speech
21 April 2014
Sex before Marriage
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Good morning everyone. I’d like to start with a bible verse that can put into perspective what I will be trying to explain to you today, “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. “ – 1 Timothy 4:12 Meaning : True love waits.
So how many of you have something that is really special to you? Something really special to me for many reasons is my purity ring.
Today I am going to talk to you all about something that I feel very passionate about and I hope that after you hear my speech you may view things in a different light. It may be a topic you laugh or joke about, but when you think about it is a much bigger deal then it has recently come to be.
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I believe that sex is a special thing to be done after you are married and not something that should be handed out to everyone and thrown away like it’s nothing.
3% of Americans wait until marriage to have sex. 60% female and 40% men.
It is virtually expected and it very rare to hear about people waiting till there married or even high school or college graduates who haven’t had sex yet. According to NPR. “Just under one-quarter (24 percent) of seniors in college say they are virgins."
I will discuss with you why I feel young people shouldn’t be having sex because of emotional distress, rate of divorces, unplanned pregnancies, and broken homes because of it.
Toward the end, I will answer any questions you have then conclude my speech.
Relate
You can benefit from this because this information may help you choose to make different choices and even if you have already had sex you could rethink and choose to refrain from it.
We may not always agree with people opinions, but the more one knows about a topic the better informed one is to make an educated decision.
Sex is something many people don’t know much about and even though you
COM 225
Persuasive Speech
21 April 2014
Sex before Marriage
Excite
Good morning everyone. I’d like to start with a bible verse that can put into perspective what I will be trying to explain to you today, “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. “ – 1 Timothy 4:12 Meaning : True love waits.
So how many of you have something that is really special to you? Something really special to me for many reasons is my purity ring.
Today I am going to talk to you all about something that I feel very passionate about and I hope that after you hear my speech you may view things in a different light. It may be a topic you laugh or joke about, but when you think about it is a much bigger deal then it has recently come to be.
Launch
I believe that sex is a special thing to be done after you are married and not something that should be handed out to everyone and thrown away like it’s nothing.
3% of Americans wait until marriage to have sex. 60% female and 40% men.
It is virtually expected and it very rare to hear about people waiting till there married or even high school or college graduates who haven’t had sex yet. According to NPR. “Just under one-quarter (24 percent) of seniors in college say they are virgins."
I will discuss with you why I feel young people shouldn’t be having sex because of emotional distress, rate of divorces, unplanned pregnancies, and broken homes because of it.
Toward the end, I will answer any questions you have then conclude my speech.
Relate
You can benefit from this because this information may help you choose to make different choices and even if you have already had sex you could rethink and choose to refrain from it.
We may not always agree with people opinions, but the more one knows about a topic the better informed one is to make an educated decision.
Sex is something many people don’t know much about and even though you
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