Jordin Sparks, a Christian with one of these rings, got a little angry, prompting this response:
I feel like many people in the blogosphere are supporting her unscripted retort, but I for one do not.
"88% of those vowing to remain virgins until marriage break that vow, and... the percentage of those who promise abstinence that have STDs is about the same as those who don't."
Purity rings, abstinence pledges, and purity balls should be forgotten along with chastity belts. Not only do they not work in preventing teen sex, they are a sin against nature's encoded sex drive, and for all the Christians out there, isn't that a sin against god? (Yes, I refuse to capitalize god.) Do you know what's worse than engaging in safe (birth-control-packed if you can get preggers) sex (not that there's anything wrong with it in the first place)? Being a big old hypocrite who breaks a pledge to not have sex, and then screws around without knowing anything about how to do it safely. It's better to be educated and make smart decisions about intercourse, as obviously these pledges don't do much to stop the libido. Besides, who actually believes that there's some kind of freaky god out there who wants to be married to every single teenager in the world and then doesn't even get to have sex with them?
