Purity ring
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Purity rings (also known as chastity rings or abstinence rings) are worn as a sign of chastity. The practice originated in the United States in the 1990s among Christian-affiliated sexual abstinence groups.[1] Wearing a purity ring is typically accompanied by a religious vow to practice abstinence until marriage.[2]
David Bario of the Columbia News Service wrote:[3]
Under the Bush administration, organizations that promote abstinence and encourage teens to sign virginity pledges or wear purity rings have received federal grants. The Silver Ring Thing, a subsidiary of a Pennsylvania evangelical church, has received more than $1 million from the government to promote abstinence and to sell its rings in the United States and abroad.
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- ^ "Teen Pledges Barely Cut STD Rates, Study Says". washingtonpost.com. 2005-03-19. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48509-2005Mar18.html. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ^ "Vernacular Abstinence". Practical Matters Journal. 2001-09-11. http://www.practicalmattersjournal.org/issue/2/analyzing-matters/vernacular-abstinence. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ^ "Power to the pure: Rutland Herald Online". Rutlandherald.com. 2005-03-29. http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050329/NEWS/503290315/1027. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
