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On an unseasonably warm and sunny day in Seattle, I met Febos to talk about the surprising pleasure when those three months turned into a full year of celibacy.

He also opposed gay adoption, as well as holding other traditional views, like rejecting the death penalty, abortion and supporting the celibacy of priests.

Mandatory celibacy does not go over well, a joke that springs from the novel’s note that the colonists had no intellectually stimulating hobbies.

Traditionally, older folks worried that young people were too promiscuous; now perhaps we geezers should fret about youthful celibacy.

The new marketing campaign launched two weeks ago instead used billboards and other ads that targeted and shamed celibacy, resulting in a strong, negative response from users and women online.