In the ancient Greek play Lysistrata women stage a sex strike to force the men to bring their sons and husbands home and end the nearly 30-year Peloponnesian War.

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The CNN story also notes that the idea of withholding sex is not a new one the ancient Greek play, Lysistrata, tells the story of women who organized a sex strike to end a war between Athens and Sparta.

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As the world has struggled to strike that balance (consider the role that same-sex marriage and abortion played in the 2012 election) so the church has found itself forced to be a combatant in the great, ugly culture war.

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