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"Free condoms and college campuses kinda go hand-in-hand. Sex is clearly going to be had and schools would prefer students do it without spreading STDs\u2014everyone wins, right? Well, Boston College, a private, religious university, recently banned the staple campus freebie, saying that the distribution of birth control went against its core values. (Because it's easier to just pretend that students aren't having sex, than actually make sure they're safe doing it, right? Logic!)However, members of the campus group Boston College Students for Sexual Health, which distributes the free condoms in question, said no way to this new policy, even though ignoring the condom ban could result in disciplinary action.\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\nAs Lizzie Jekanowski, the chairwoman of the group, told the New York Times, rather than going against the school's religious roots, having free condoms actually reinforces them. \n\n \"It harkens to a much deeper \u2026 morality of caring for your neighbor \u2014 and that's literally what we're doing, caring for our neighbors,\" she said. Can't argue with that. (And, major props for Jekanowski showing that religion and sex education don't have to be at odds.) This news comes on the heels of the announcement that no tuition dollars would be used to fund Penn's first-ever sex week\u2014and that no state money would go toward similar festivities at the University of Tennessee. And, just last month, Central New Mexico Community College suspended its weekly student newspaper after it published an issue devoted to sex. (The paper has since been reinstated, but still.)Now, we know that college isn't all about getting busy, but we're a bit confused as to why everyone seems to be getting all uptight about students having sex\u2014not to mention merely talking about it. Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook.Photo: istockphoto "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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