Silver Ring Thing invades Britain
• Religious Meddlers, Do-gooders
Sometime back I blogged about the Silver Ring Thing. Oddly enough many of the comments left on the entry were from British girls wanting to wear the ring and have the movement spread to the UK. Well, they are going to get their wish. I am most certainly not a great admirer of chastity but realize it may be an appropriate choice for some people at a certain age who don't feel satisfied with the possible partners that are available. But decking your decision out in pious, glittery trash is so very sad.
The group, which campaigns for chastity in children and teenagers, already has more than 22,000 young members across the United States.
Its leaders aim to stop kids having sex before marriage - and frown on school sex education classes for “failing a whole generation”.
Youngsters aged from 11 to 18 pledge to stay pure and wear a silver ring inscribed with verses from the Bible to remind them of their promise.
The group’s celebrity backers include pop star Jessica Simpson, who famously made it to her marriage night without bedding celebrity hubby Nick Lachey.
Did she really? Who knows (OK or cares)? Nobody else before, ever? Chastity or at least the illusion of it has been a marketable property for millennia. Just as most celebrities don't expose their pubes in Playboy knowing that the mystery is worth more than Hefner could pay.
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Posted by: aello | November 21, 2004 02:06 PM