"You will not commit adultery" Exodus 20:14
If I had my "druthers" I would skip this Commandment and go on to the next one, because this "word" speaking about sex is a difficult one to deal with frankly and directly. What makes it so hard to do that without beating around the bush is the fact that most people are still skitterish about the subject. Oh, most of us are able to talk about sex with a few choice friends, or in some small groups, but a lot of us still start to get up tight when the subject comes up in more public forums.
Even clergymen, who must deal with this Commandment on occasion, often show the same signs of being gun-shy on the subject it addresses. When we do have to speak on the issue we tend to euphemize it to death! Instead of talking about sex directly we run all ar…