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    "content": "civil society in general, we should have useful information and services for these adolescents. Some of our religious organisations have become very responsible in this. They have special services for the young people. I have attended one of these services for the young at Mavuno Church. We have several responsible churches in this city. One of the reasons why Mavuno Church has a huge membership among the young people is because it realistically addresses itself to young people’s problems and speaks in their language. Mavuno Church does not bury its head in the sand like the proverbial ostrich and pretend that talking about sex matters among the young is a taboo or something which is not becoming of a religious person. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we should read the Bible very carefully. One of the things that God apparently told Adam not to do is to taste the fruit; a special fruit in the Garden of Eden. Apparently, the Bible subsequently interpreted this fruit to be sex. I do not know whether this is true or if it is what God meant. If God meant that, then He meant that Adam should only taste the fruit with knowledge of the consequences of doing so and not for his own selfish reasons. That is why the Bible says that God took the rib out of Adam and made the woman. Once God had made the woman, God, of course, knew why he was doing so. He was not doing so for fun. God wanted the issue of reproduction to be handed over to his creation so that he did not need to continue creating people all the time. God was becoming very efficient in his own way of doing things. He created a woman so that reproduction could go on. The whole point was that Adam had to do these things responsibly, making sure that he bore responsibility after that. The fact that work came after that is not a punishment. It is only conservative religion that interprets that as punishment; that man was then punished to work all his life. No! Work was necessary so that even the job of reproduction would continue so that God does not have to do it every day. I do not want to go into that homily. I want to end by saying that this is a very good Bill. I fully support the initiative to produce this Bill. It meets our responsibility in the Constitution of translating the general principles in the Constitution into law. For example, the principle in that Bill of Rights which is that we have a right to life and life begins at conception. This Bill tells us the importance of that, and also, the importance of the subsequent phrase in that particular section of the Constitution which says that it can only be terminated with good reason or good medical advice. There is a rider to that so that we are not, as some people have been saying in the public there, that Sen. Sijeny is now trying to legalise irresponsible sex. No! We are simply implementing that part of the Constitution that gives us a right to life and the right to terminate life under very specific circumstances. The appropriate institutions are laid out in this Bill that will make that a reality. I beg to support."
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