The Colbert Report (The Word): Gateway Hug<\/a><\/p>\nKissing and hugging are the last stop before reaching Groin Central Station, so it is important to ban all the things that lead to the things that lead to sex.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This video was too good not to share for anybody with experience in Christian purity culture. My church actually\u00a0did ban hand-holding and hugs between the sexes, and was suspicious of too much eye contact! The Colbert Report (The Word): Gateway Hug Kissing and hugging are the last stop before reaching Groin Central Station, so it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[37,602],"class_list":["post-808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abstinence","tag-teenagers"],"yoast_head":"\n
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