First off, your post is hard to read. Paragraphs and 'bite-sized' sentences would help. Now, on with the topic...

Does the sale of condoms to minors promote safe sex, promiscuity or both? Well, to me, it promotes safe sex primarily, against pregnancy and also STD's. Promiscuity is entirely different, although not an unrelated subject. I was lead to understand that promiscuity refers to sexual relationships of a man or woman who engages in sexual relations with MULTIPLE partners on a casual and/or regular basis. One partner does not (at least to me) promiscuous make, and I'm sure (most) minors aren't having it off with multiple classmates like a band of wild bonobos or something.

As much as I'm not pleased by minors having sex, it is not my place to judge them and at the end of the day, it's their choice, their decision and primarily their responsibility. They should understand all possible consequences of sex, from pregnancy to STD's, and take as many precautions as they can with their education. I don't think the sale of condoms either condones or promotes children to indulge in adult activities, rather actually making their decision to become sexually active safer in question as by that age, they are old enough to make their own choices in life. It would be advisable to wait until one is older and adhere to the law, but hey, I'm not one to force my opinions through!

Now... why unwanted pregnancies and sexual diseases are so rampant, and why condoms are so readily avaliable as compared to years ago. Well, time has moved on a bit and underaged sex is not so taboo anymore. Religion doesn't rule over us (some of us maybe, but not all of us) anymore and enforce everyone to share the same moralistic viewpoints regarding certain matters, and... phamacies sell them quite happily too these days. Unwanted pregnancies... sometimes the condom fails, as does the pill, but I doubt it is the fault of a higher than reported failure rate. Every condom my partner's used hasn't failed, nor did the pills I took. It is virtually almost always successful when used PROPERLY. Pills have to be taken at exactly the right times, and condoms can be tricky beasts to put on. It can be done however.

It's a troublesome issue, but I don't think we need to go back to the bad old days of religious zealotism and pour scorn on young mothers again. It takes two to tango on this matter, you know. Provide aid and education, but not so much that it becomes a 'job alternative' and seems more attractive than working for a living. The age of consent is fine where it is currently, and does help protect younger children from predatory paedos, even if only a little. Making divorce harder won't help, for does that not make the point of pregnant minors contradictory? Since when have minors been getting married over here anyway?

I don't know, I'm tired. If I haven't got a problem with understanding how to use contraceptives, then I don't see why anybody else should have problems about it. It's childsplay!