False ideology on sex promoting HIV/AIDS

An Anglican Priest has said society was polluted with false ideology on sex, which had resulted in increasing sex-related diseases, including the HIV/AIDS.

The Reverend J. K. Mensah, the outgoing Parish Priest of Obuasi Saint Paul's Anglican Church, who made this observation, condemned the notion that people who stuck on to one partner were primitive.

Speaking on the theme: "The youth and AIDS", during the Saint Paul's Anglican Youth Week at Obuasi, Rev Mensah emphasised that God blessed marriage between man and woman but did not approve of irregular sex partners.

"Similarly, God did not sanction that people should have sex with unknown partners as well as those with dubious characters". Rev Mensah, therefore, cautioned the youth against early and indiscriminate sexual activities.

The Anglican Priest said HIV/AIDS was an infectious and incurable disease and to avoid it, the youth should rededicate their lifestyles to God desist from immoral practices, which could endanger their future.

Rev Mensah charged the youth to refrain from associating themselves with sexually immoral people adding, "flee from sexual immorality since all other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his body".

Mr Samuel Nyame, the Secretary of the Anglican Young People's Association (AYPA), called on the church to assist the youth in its evangelism programmes. He noted that unemployment was hindering the Association's activities and said the celebration of the week was to create awareness for support.