Free Teens USA - Yonkers

Shanell Marsh
One Nation Under God Club, Yonkers, NJ
Contestant for Princess

I have chosen to refrain from sex until marriage because I want to live a long and happy life.  If I have sex before marriage it would cause me to not be able to fulfill my life long dreams.  I want to be a successful leader.  Sex before marriage will make it harder for me to do things that teens do.  Like have fun, because I could get pregnant and become a parent.  I could cause my health to be bad.  Like have AIDS, Gonorrhea or Chlamydia.  Some of the other bad things is that I could die at a young age or pass the STD’s on to other people.

I have chosen to refrain from sex until marriage because it can mess up my future.  You aren’t supposed to have sex until marriage because you will given up your freedom to be a Free Teen.  Free from all the problems that people that have sex have.  I have dreams and they include a happy home with a mother and a father for my future children.  A dream of being healthy until I am older.  A dream of being free from all of the problems that come along with being sexually active before I am old enough.  Free Teens has taught me that positive information can be helpful in positive decisions.  With this information it has shown me that it is a great choice to refrain from sex before marriage.

I have chosen this for my life and it is the most positive thing that I have ever done.

Tatianna Corselli, 13
Nepperhan Community Center Yonkers, NY

I choose to abstain from sex until marriage because I need to have love for a man or boy that personally as a thirteen year old I don’t have.  My virginity is very special to me and I won’t waste it for a boy I knew for a few minutes.  I choose to be myself.  By being myself I mean a free teen.  That means not letting peer pressure get the best of me.  That is why I choose to remain abstinent until marriage.

Nepperham club
Yonkers, NY

12/06/06