Quoting from the "Sexuality" section of
Faith and Practice(1972)
Quote:
Friends have believed that casual or promiscuous sexual relations are wrong. Friends know that such relationships are widely practiced today, often quite openly; but they have not changed their belief. Self-discipline is an important factor of life and to take something because it is there for the having does not give the taking any validity.
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We believe that sexual gratification and joy are best achieved in a mature marriage relationship.
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Quakers are pretty stuck up -- or were 30 years ago. I feel the need for a new F&P for the current age, but I guess if Friends were against sexual relationship during the era of free love, what will they be like with the new wave of Puritanism sweeping the country?