I've heard about these "Purity Balls" before, but this is just some creepy shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnRIk5bHe58#t=264
Here's the original article that brought it to my attention:
Quote:
Purity Balls: ‘You’re Married To God And Your Father Is Your Boyfriend’
Wait, what? If you’re married, you’re not supposed to have a boyfriend. And from what we know about God, he’s a pretty jealous fellow. Confusing…
Purity balls have become a phenomenon among evangelical Christians in the U.S. and abroad. These extravaganzas are gala events resembling elaborate wedding ceremonies. The girls – usually around the age of 12 – wear white gowns and take vows to “marry” God. The daughters commit to live pure lives by the symbolic gesture of laying down a white rose at the foot of a cross before participating in a wedding-style dance with her father.
During the ceremony, the fathers present their daughters with a purity ring – a symbol of their commitment to virginity, with the idea of the girls giving their virginity to their fathers to protect until marriage. As one father explains to his daughter “You keep this ring on your finger and at this point, you are married to the Lord and your father is your boyfriend”. Within the movement, purity means no sexual contact of any kind – that includes kissing – until after marriage.
Fathers sign a purity covenant which states that as “High Priest of the home and family” that they will pledge “before God to cover my daughter as her authority and protection in the area of purity”
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http://progressivepopulist.org/2014/...her-boyfriend/