{"id":39116,"date":"2013-08-09T19:33:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T23:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=39116"},"modified":"2013-08-12T13:21:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T17:21:32","slug":"why-tv-star-tamera-mowry-housley-and-others-chose-celibacy-before-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/why-tv-star-tamera-mowry-housley-and-others-chose-celibacy-before-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Why TV star Tamera Mowry-Housley and others chose celibacy before marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div id=\"attachment_39191\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39191\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-39191  \" style=\"margin: 6px 15px;\" alt=\"Tamera Mowry-Housley\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/EDITORIAL-Tamera-Mowry-Housley.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/EDITORIAL-Tamera-Mowry-Housley.jpg 320w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/EDITORIAL-Tamera-Mowry-Housley-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-39191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamera Mowry-Housley and husband Adam Housley.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have a confession to make. Although I\u2019m not much of a TV-watcher, a certain celebrity has caught my attention. Tamera Mowry-Housley\u00a0is my favorite person on the screen these days. Her sweet personality, love for family, and strong values make her a shining light in the midst of entertainment\u2019s darkness.<\/p>\n<p>Reality TV personality Tamera and her sister Tia were once the adorable and energetic stars of the &#8217;90s hit show \u201cSister, Sister.\u201d Tamera is all grown up now, married to Fox news correspondent Adam Housley and mom to a son named Adan. She co-stars On the <em>Style Network<\/em>\u2019s hit reality show, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylenetwork.com\/tv-shows\/tia-and-tamera\">Tia and Tamera<\/a>&#8221; and has a <a href=\"http:\/\/tiaandtameraofficial.com\/\">website<\/a> on motherhood, fashion, health and more. Plus she\u2019s a part of a panel team on the daytime talk show \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/therealtalkshow.com\/\">The Real<\/a>.\u201d \u201cThe Real\u201d just finished a test run on several Fox stations and hopes to be picked up in Fall 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Tamera has come a long way from her childhood star days. She\u2019s a strong woman and inspiring voice on issues that matter. Tamera has been very open about the reasons she chose to wait &#8217;til 29 to lose her virginity. On a recent radio interview with HOT 97, Tamera told the host the details of why she waited. The interview got a lot of buzz, with mostly every major news station reporting on it.\u00a0The <em>Huffington Post<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/07\/19\/tamera-mowry-housley-virginity_n_3622463.html\">quoted<\/a> her saying: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to explain this, but I&#8217;m religious&#8230; So I\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=bMom0Gmk0zU\" target=\"_hplink\">waited &#8217;til I was 29 to lose my virginity<\/a>.&#8221; &#8220;And then &#8211; you may not understand this &#8211; I did it and then I felt guilty, and then I became celibate until I got married.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The radio interview wasn&#8217;t the first time Tamera has talked about her views on sex. In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebony.com\/entertainment-culture\/tia-and-tamera-on-marriage-and-motherhood-118#axzz2aq8j5J6b\u2019\">interview<\/a> with <em>Ebony<\/em> magazine, Tamera was asked why she and her husband chose to not live together and if she had advice for those desiring to follow in her footsteps. She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you want to be celibate, definitely don\u2019t live together [laughs] because that makes it harder for you. Have people around you to keep you accountable! Surround yourself with people who support your decision, because they\u2019re only going to root you on. Make that covenant with God and with each other and just let go. God is going to see you through the difficult times. Whenever you\u2019re feeling discouraged just pray together. Like I said it\u2019s not going to be a perfect journey, but you just have to keep God the center of your relationship.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tamera chose to be celibate because of her religious faith. An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourtango.com\/201054530\/4-non-religious-reasons-be-celibate\">article<\/a> written in the LoveBuzz section of YourTango gives 4 secular reasons people chose celibacy. Their number-one reason was health:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While we&#8217;re told that regular sex is good for health, STDs are not! Not all of us are able to find a loving, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourtango.com\/experts\/melissa-fritchle\/commiting-monogamy-what-does-it-take\" target=\"_blank\">monogamous<\/a>, disease-free relationship and in lieu of that abstinence (as our high school Sex Ed teachers told us, ad nauseam) is the only 100 percent effective method of birth control and disease prevention. Of course having a disease yourself and wanting to protect a partner is another good reason to abstain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Surprisingly, even outlandish star Lady Gaga has been quoted as supporting celibacy. CNN reports her words from an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/SHOWBIZ\/04\/12\/pro.abstinence.celebs.tf\/index.html\">interview<\/a>: &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m saying this &#8211; don&#8217;t have sex. It&#8217;s not really cool any more to have sex all the time. It&#8217;s cooler to be strong and independent.&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s OK not to have sex, it&#8217;s OK to get to know people. I&#8217;m celibate, celibacy&#8217;s fine.&#8221; Pop star Miley Cyrus once <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/celebrity\/exclusive\/celebrity-virgins-miley-cyrus#slide-6\">said<\/a>, &#8220;I&#8217;m living my life the way I believe is right and that is to stay pure.&#8221; While Miley&#8217;s changed her mind over the years, other stars\u00a0like Tim Tebow are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HS8qqNnR3aM\">keeping<\/a> their commitment to wait.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason may be, saving sex for marriage is a wise choice. I work with young women facing unplanned pregnancies. This month alone, I&#8217;ve sat down with girls as young as 15, 16, and 17 who are pregnant or have young children. Every young woman tells me a version of the same story &#8211; &#8220;I wish I waited to have sex.&#8221; Some ladies who&#8217;ve chosen abortion have told me it was a horrible decision for them. Sadly, a sex-saturated culture, lack of strong father figures, and a need to be loved led each girl to make a choice she now regrets.<\/p>\n<p>Abstinence isn&#8217;t an easy path, but it&#8217;s one I&#8217;ve personally chosen because it&#8217;s worth the wait. If you desire to make that choice, find others who will support your decision. <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.waitingtillmarriage.org\/\">WaitingTillMarriage.org<\/a> has the largest active online forum for those waiting &#8217;til marriage to have sex. Their site has members from every major world religion as well as atheist and agnostic waiters. It&#8217;s a great place to read inspiring articles, watch fun videos, and make friends with people who share your views.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39160\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39160\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-39160  \" alt=\"My boyfriend and our friends chose to wait as an act of love. \" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/0783-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/0783-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/0783-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-39160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My boyfriend and our friends chose to wait as an act of love.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe the lie that &#8220;everyone&#8217;s doing it.&#8221; If you want to wait, there&#8217;s no reason to be ashamed. Patience is a beautiful virtue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patience is a beautiful virtue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":39191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[19,1873,400,295,347,1874,1877,1876,1875],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why TV star Tamera Mowry-Housley and others chose celibacy before marriage - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/why-tv-star-tamera-mowry-housley-and-others-chose-celibacy-before-marriage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why TV star Tamera Mowry-Housley and others chose celibacy before marriage - 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Her mother paid for an abortion but walked out of the doctor's office after a janitor in the hospital approached her. The janitor told her God would give her the strength to have her baby and she believed it. Hearing this story in her 20's caused Christina to become strongly pro-life. After graduating college in 2005, Christina spent a few years at the Justice House of Prayer in D.C and with the pro-life group Bound4Life. She then moved to the Atlanta to be on staff with the 24\/7 prayer ministry IHOP ATL. Christina is a wife and stepmom who currently works for a CareNet pregnancy center. She writes for Bound4life's blog and at www.chrismarie.com. Christina loves Jesus and has a heart for the Black community. She is a member of the National Black Pro-life coalition. and she believes the greatest civil right is the right to life.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.chrismarie.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christina.m.martin.54","https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaMar81"],"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/christinamartin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}