Pastor urges seven-day sex marathon

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A US pastor has urged his married congregants to have sex for seven days straight.

Reverend Ed Young of Dallas, Texas, issued the challenge to couples during his Sunday sermon in the hope that it will promote marital intercourse over promiscuity.

He said: "We're going to give it a try. God says sex should be between a married man and a woman.

"I think it's one of the greatest things you can do for your kids because so goes the marriage, so goes the family."

Young, who has four children with his wife of 26 years, is founder of the nondenominational Fellowship Church, which attracts 20,000 people each Sunday.