'''Silver Ring Thing''' is a US-based sexual [[abstinence]] campaign aimed at promoting pre-marital [[chastity]] amongst adolescents and young adults. Founded in 1996, and until 2006 in receipt of US Government financial support, it campaigns through rallies at which young men and women pledge to abstain from pre-marital [[sexual intercourse]]. This pledge is demonstrated by the wearing of a silver [[purity ring]].
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'''Silver Ring Thing''' is a US-based sexual [[abstinence]] campaign aimed at promoting pre-marital [[chastity]] amongst adolescents and young adults. Founded in 1996, and until 2006 in receipt of US Government financial support, it campaigns through rallies at which young men and women pledge to abstain from pre-marital [[sexual intercourse]]. This pledge is demonstrated by the wearing of a [[silver]] [[purity ring]].