December 1, 2012

Fifty Shades of Grey, Evangelicals and Sexuality

Adelle Banks, Washington Post

Ask Kelley Taylor, a Southern Baptist college student, if she’s opened the steamy pages of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” and she has a ready response.

“Some of my friends have read it but I decided not to because I just heard about the content and didn’t think it was something I should be reading,” said the North Carolina State University senior, who is majoring in wildlife biology. “I think that it’s kind of contrary to what the Bible says about fleeing from sexual lust and temptation.”

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