At 14, I took a virginity pledge at my church's purity camp. I lost my virginity to my long-term boyfriend at 17, but five years later, I married another man. I left that marriage at 29 and married my ...

A woman stands in a flowing white dress while a man holds her wearing a dark suit – the photo immediately appears like any portrait of a newly-married bride and groom. But it is of a young girl with ...

Thousands of girls have taken purity vows at these events over the past nine years. While the abstinence movement itself is fairly mainstream—about 10 percent of teen boys and 16 percent of girls in ...

When they were 10 years old, twins Jessica and Jennifer Worcester received a gift from their dad — silver rings that they slipped on their fingers with a promise: They would remain sexually pure until ...

There are a variety of ways to make a vow or commitment. When you are in love, or single and trying to remain pure, you might decide to buy a piece of jewelry, such as a purity ring, as a symbol of ...