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Thursday, December 16, 2010

City of Lynchburg Signs Day of Purity Proclamation - Liberty Counsel

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 15, 2010

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Lynchburg, VA - At this week's Lynchburg City Council meeting, Mayor Joan Foster announced the Day of Purity Proclamation. As the first city to sign in support of the Day of Purity, Lynchburg joins nearly a thousand schools and organizations across the nation that have supported the Day of Purity.

Liberty Counsel is launching preparations now for the eighth annual nationwide campaign on February 14, 2011. This effort mobilizes youth across the nation to publicly celebrate sexual abstinence until marriage for emotional, mental, and physical reasons.

Each year thousands of youth from across the nation participate in the Day of Purity in their schools, in their youth groups, and in other public locations. The event focuses on celebrating each personal victory and commitment to be abstinent until marriage and faithful within marriage. Youth may sign a pledge card on the Day of Purity website and may order purity wristbands. Some people wear white shirts and others pass out educational fliers to their peers or host a Father-Daughter event.


Amber Haskew, Coordinator for the Day of Purity, commented,

'The Day of Purity provides a unique platform to celebrate purity and encourage others to take a stand. It is an opportunity for families, friends, and community voices to show leadership by educating the youth about the heartache surrounding the tragedy of sexual promiscuity. It's time for a positive change in our culture.'
If you are interested in volunteering for the DOP or want to designate your school or church as a participant, email dayofpurity@lc.org.




According to the organizers, "Students who embrace the purity lifestyle are countering the Hollywood culture with its risqué television shows, vulgar jokes, tasteless commercials and graphic movies. They are inundated at school, on television and on the internet with messages that lust and exploration are normal and healthy and that they should give up traditional moral values and explore their sexuality early and often. The Day of Purity is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of promiscuous behavior and encourage youth to adopt a lifestyle of sexual purity."
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