'Seven days of sex' for better marriage

Rev.Ed Young from Texas challenged his followers with a rather ���hot���idea to perk up things in their married lives��� ���Seven Days ofSex���.
Young, an author, atelevision host and the pastor of the evangelical Fellowship Church, issued hiscall for a week of ���congregational copulation��� among marriedcouples on November 16, while pacing in front of a large bed.���Todaywe���re beginning this sexperiment, seven days of sex. How to move fromwhining about the economy to whoopee!��� theNew YorkTimes quoted him assaying.
A week after the SexChallenge Young���s 20,000 parishioners at the Grapevine branch watched aprerecorded sermon from Mr. Young and his wife, Lisa, on jumbo screens over acandlelit stage. In the video Young���s wife was seen wearing knee-highblack boots and jeans and said that after a week of having sex every day, orclose to it, ���some of us aresmiling.���
For others theweeklong sex dose helped in tackling with infidelities, addictions topornography or other bitter hurts. ���There���s been some pain;hopefully there���s been some forgiveness, too,��� shesaid.
In fact, for Young a weekof romping in bed wasn���t enough, he advised the couples to ���keep ondoing what you���ve been doing this week. We should try to double up theamount of intimacy we have in marriage. And when I say intimacy, I don���tmean holding hands in the park or a back rub.���
He claimed there are manybarriers to an intimate sex life in marriage, including careers, exhaustion,outside commitments and ���kids.��� But, he claimed that following asex routine would bring you closer to your spouse and to God. It will also helpyou perform better at work, leave a loving legacy for your children to followand may even prevent an extramaritalaffair.
���If you���vesaid, ���I do,��� do it,��� he said. As for single people, ���Idon���t know, try eating chocolate cake,��� he said. ���For some reason the church has not talked about it, but we need to,��� he said,speaking by telephone on his way to South Africa for a mission trip.
He added that there���s noshame in marital sex, saying, ���God thought it up, it was his idea.��� He recalled that the sex challenge proved to be a little too much for some ofhis church members, who sat with arms crossed in uncomfortable silence. On theother hand, many in the audience gave him an enthusiasticapplause.