Editor,
Many people who were taught that having sex with anyone they are not married to is sin — drink booze to turn off their shame and guilt. Many men who were taught that having sex with men is sin, many women who were taught that having sex with women is sin, drink booze to turn off their shame and guilt.
Drinking booze increases the risk of committing sexual assault. Drinking booze increases the danger of suffering sexual assault.
Booze lowers immunity to sexually transmitted diseases. Booze lowers the use of birth control, so booze causes more unwanted pregnancies.
Booze lowers the sex hormone testosterone causing impotence in many men as they grow older.
I aim never to do anything to anyone in sex that would cause him to hate me or fear me. All sex should be wanted and enjoyed by those having sex.
I condemn UNM’s sale of booze. I urge community leaders to stop celebrating new local breweries and to pledge publicly to drink no booze.
A recently released worldwide study in 195 nations found there is no safe level for drinking booze.
Don Schrader
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