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The man’s date? His 25-year-old daughter. Welcome to Colorado Springs’ Seventh Annual Father-Daughter Purity Ball, held at the five-star Broadmoor Hotel. The event’s purpose is, in part, to celebrate dad-daughter bonding, but the main agenda is for fathers to vow to protect the girls’ chastity until they marry and for the daughters to promise to stay pure.
Randy Wilson’s 19-year-old, Khrystian, is typical: She works at her church, spends most weekends at home with her family and has never danced with a male other than her father or brother. Emily Smith, an 18-year-old I meet, says that even kissing is out for her. “I made a promise to myself when I was younger,†she says, “to save my first kiss for my wedding day.â€
“This evening is more about spending time with her than her purity at this point,†says one seven-year-old’s dad, a trifle sheepishly. The event is seemingly innocent—not once do I hear “sex†or “virgin†cross anyone’s lips. Still, every one of the girls here, even the four-year-old, will sign that purity covenant.
When I ask Hannah Smith, 15, what purity means to her, she answers, “I actually don’t know.†Her older sister Emily jumps in: “Purity, it means…I don’t know how to explain it. It is important to us that we promise to ourselves and to our fathers and to God that we promise to stay pure until…. It is hard to explain.â€
Nope, these are just regular fundie girls...like Jessica Simpson. I don't know if her father brought her to a ball, but he did give her a purity ring in return for a (p)urity pledge... when she was young. This is public knowledge.Ick.Its as if these guys are saying that their daughters' worth and character resides in their intact hymen. Ick.