Purity Balls (!)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/8/2007 11:39 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At 10:11 AM -0500 3/8/07, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>At 3/6/2007 08:10 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>My favorite part of the coverage was the 12-year-old girl who
>>>explained, while hanging on her daddy's arm, that she would not kiss
>>>or date anyone until she got married.  (At which point, I assume, the
>>>kissing and dating will be lots more fun.)
>>
>>In ten or twenty years, I expect to read the sociological studies
>>showing that, as compared to the general U.S. population, among
>>Purity Ballists the age at which their daughters first marry is
>>significantly (perhaps by a decade) younger.
>>
>>Joel
>
>I like to think of them as Purity Ballers myself...

My imagination ran only as far as a new dissenting sect.  But I
suppose that if there can be Holy Rollers ...

Joel

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