The American Episcopal Bishop and writer John Shelby Spong believes that the New Testament is not against sex before marriage.
•
1300; the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) records a figurative use as well: "The forsaking of God for idols".
Mojo and Skid did perform the song on MTV's late-night 120 Minutes (even then, Nixon was forced to mumble the word "fornication"), but the channel's refusal to air the video led to Mojo Nixon severing ties with the network.
Every Man's Battle: Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time is a book written by Steve Arterburn, Fred Stoeker and Mike Yorkey about topics such as adultery, fornication, impure thoughts, lust, paraphilia, and pornography.
In her brief contribution, she cited the liberating grace of God and the "fallen nature" of all people and claimed that "fornication, I would say, is probably the single most likely cause of unwanted pregnancies in this country".
The word "oom-pah-pah" is seemingly used euphemistically to refer to both intoxication and fornication; however, as the song points out, the word's meaning is only as dirty as the listener interprets it.
A live video of "Whole Lotta Rosie" is also featured on the DVD Family Jewels, from a 1978 performance on the BBC's TV concert series Rock Goes to College, on which Scott refers to Rosie as the "biggest, fattest woman who ever fornicated."
In 1865 she brought an action for divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 accusing him of cruelty and adultery, he counter-claiming that she had also committed adultery, fornication and incest.