By ADAM P. BARR

Staff Writer

From dating to marriage, the Wesley Foundation, a Methodist campus ministry, wants to talk about sex.

"I'm frank about sex because the world is," Scott Wright, the Wesley Foundation director and speaker for "Sex Talk," said.

Today at 6 p.m. the Wesley Foundation will be giving its ninth annual "Sex Talk" to the campus at its facility on College St. across from the College of Administration and Business Building.

The talk begins with friendships, then dating, relationships, marriage and reviews God's true intent for sex, Amanda Hood, a Wesley Foundation intern, said.

"['Sex Talk'] is a relationship talk that ends in sexuality," Wright said.

He also said relationships need a sturdy friendship to build into a productive relationship.

"[Society] moves from friendship to relationship too quickly," Wright said.

"[Society] doesn't establish a good foundation for friendship."

Hood said The Wesley Foundation is made up of people from many different backgrounds who all worship as Christians.

"We hold each other accountable but we don't condemn," Hood said. "We love everybody."

Wright said sex is an issue that has become taboo and many times people do not hear it from a Godly perspective.

"We have the talk to bring sex back to purity," Wright said.

He also said the world distorts what God has given humans and as humans they must not defame God's gift.

"Sex in the boundaries of marriage is beautiful," Wright said.

Alice Dean, a Wesley Foundation member and a sophomore speech pathology major, said Wright speaks from personal experience and is an outlet for straight talk about sex.

"[Wright] has a love for college kids and helps them address certain problems and answers questions," Dean said.

Hood said the Wesley understands struggles -- everyone struggles with sexual temptation.

"We just try not to put ourselves in a setting that would lead to a sexual experience," Hood said.

Wright said sex is incredible but should be reverenced only in the boundaries of marriage; it should be respected as a gift from God and not cheapened by casual sex.

wright said, "My goal is to recapture the beauty of sexuality and restore it."