The Purity Ring Chastity Thing
• Christian Pop Culture
First we had the Silver Ring Thing, now America erotophobia is finding external expression purity rings.
Do parents really think the rings will have any effect at all? Probably.
Many parents are buying purity rings for their adolescent children. Twelve-year-old Paige Palazzolo recently got a pink and white rhinestone ring from her mother.
Paige stood before her congregation at a purity-ring ceremony at their Southern Baptist church in Chino, Calif., and read from the book of Timothy: "Flee also youthful lust, but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart."
Paige's mother, Robin, hopes that the ring will help her daughter resist temptation. Paige has her own reasons for wearing the ring. "I like it because it has pink in it, and pink is my favorite color," she said.
I like purple myself.