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• How effective are abstinence pledges? | A US pastor supported by a clutch of young virgins is in the UK to promote the Silver Ring Thing. Can the "just say no" message cut rates of teen pregnancy and STDs? (BBC)
• Young, free, and infectious | Rates of sexually transmitted diseases are rising alarmingly; overworked clinics are turning patients away; and still young people aren't getting the message about unprotected sex (The Guardian, London)
• Pledge of chastity that puts our young people at risk | I used to be part of the abstinence movement (Melanie Reid, The Herald, Glasgow, Scotland)
• Virgins deliver celibacy message | Thirty virgins from the American Silver Ring Thing will urge young Scots to abstain from sex before marriage (BBC)
• Even better than sex? | What hope for The Silver Ring Thing? (Scotland on Sunday)
• Group preaches no-sex message | There was an exchange of rings and solemn vows, but in every other way the ceremony held at Partick South Parish Church last night was unlike any other you could expect to see there (The Herald, Glasgow, Scotland)

More articles:

• D.C. slots proponents win ruling | Judge allows petition drive to put issue on November ballot (The Washington Post)
• Can a bigot be a good person? | He pursued me, but then rejected me because my religion was "wrong" (Cary Tennis, Salon.com)
• Pelican has ancient ties to Christianity | The mystery of the pelicans at North Dakota's Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge might have caused a crisis of faith (Mike Jacobs, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.)
• When faith and duty collide | As someone who believes Jesus Christ can be seen even in the grimy faces of those living in the city's shadows and crawl spaces, Police Officer Eduardo Delacruz says he obeyed a higher authority when he refused to arrest a homeless man in November 2002. On the beat, however, the police commissioner trumps the Almighty, as Officer Delacruz learned when he was suspended for his action (The New York Times)
• 25 years later, fear and loathing give way to acceptance | When the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church followers arrived in Gloucester more than 25 years ago and started purchasing real estate, some city officials and residents thought that the city was going to be taken over by the church (The Boston Globe)
• Pilgrims flock to 'healing' well | About 1,000 pilgrims are expected at a Christian shrine in north Wales which has been attracting visitors since the 7th Century (BBC)
• Church garden honors family pets | St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church offers a special area for families to sprinkle a pet's ashes (The Dallas Morning News)
• Ministry gives teens mentors and support | One Sunday at worship services at Central Dallas Ministries, J.R. Newton noticed the teen girls wearing revealing clothes. She realized that likely no one had ever taught them any differently (The Dallas Morning News)
• Fundamentalism: Be indignant at righteousness | The core ideals of most of the world's great religions are very similar — forgiveness, compassion and love. But as wonderful as those principles are, when you start introducing the human element, they begin their drift away from universal truths towards righteousness, judgment and negativity (Jamie Turner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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