Youth to mark Valentine’s Day with Day of Purity

ORLANDO, Fla. — The third annual Day of Purity, designed for youth of all ages who commit to remain sexually pure until marriage, will be held Feb. 14.

Sponsored by Liberty Counsel, youth are encouraged to remain sexually pure and counter the popular message that they should have sex early, often, and with many. One ninth-grade health textbook, for instance, tells students that “testing your ability to function sexually and give pleasure to another person may be less threatening in your early teens with people of your own sex…. You may come to the conclusion that growing up means rejecting the values of your parents.”

More than 3 million American teen-agers are infected each year with sexually transmitted diseases. Nearly 1 million teen-agers become pregnant each year. Twenty percent of the 1.3 million abortions performed each year in America are performed on teen-agers, according to Day of Purity literature.

The Day of Purity, organizers said, presents an opportunity for millions of youth to stand up for self-respect and purity.

The majority of America’s youth want to be respected for who they are instead of being viewed as sexual objects to be used or discarded at will,” Mathew Staver, president and general counsel of Liberty Counsel, said in a news release. “Millions of young people yearn for a culture that encourages sexual purity and self-respect.

“America may be morally challenged, but the level of depravity as portrayed in the media and dictated by judges who have turned from the moral traditions of our country is not an accurate reflection of the state of our country. The Day of Purity is an opportunity for young people to stand together in respect for the human dignity and worth of each individual.”

During the first two years of the Day of Purity, youth from thousands of schools joined with hundreds of organizations across America in celebrating sexual purity. The Day of Purity quickly spread to several foreign countries. A list of some of the supporting organizations is posted at DayOfPurity.org.

On the Day of Purity, youth are encouraged to wear a Day of Purity T-Shirt or white clothing to symbolize sexual purity.

In addition, the Day of Purity Web site allows anyone to download a planning manual, along with informative fliers on a variety of topics, order official T-shirts, review statistics concerning the effect of early sexual activity, and link to other valuable resources.

For more information, call 1-800-671-1776 or visit DayOfPurity.org.

Published by Keener Communications Group, February 2006

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