I found this kind of interesting.  A teenager in England has lost their court challenge to wear a purity ring.

Teenager Lydia Playfoot today lost her High Court challenge over a ban preventing her from wearing a Christian "purity ring".

Sixteen-year-old Lydia Playfoot claimed the ban at the Millais School in Horsham, West Sussex, was an "unlawful interference" with her right to express her Christian faith.

In a statement she said she was "very disappointed" by the decision by deputy High Court judge Michael Supperstone QC.

Lydia said: "I am very disappointed by the decision this morning by the High Court not to allow me to wear my purity ring to school as an expression of my Christian faith not to have sex outside of marriage."

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Lydia is one of a group of Christians at the Millais School who wore the ring engraved with a Biblical verse as a sign of their belief in abstinence from sex until marriage.

In court her lawyers claimed that her secondary school, which allows Muslim and Sikh students to wear headscarfs and religious bracelets, breached her human rights by preventing her from wearing the ring.

The school denied her claims, arguing that the purity ring is not an integral part of the Christian faith and contravenes its uniform policy.

I am very disappointed that she can not wear the ring.  I doubt it is a distraction to the learning process.  But, is the ring central to her faith?  Is that the issue that we use define who is or who is not a Christian by? 

Source: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2774016.ece#2007-07-16T08:42:27-00:00

Found via: http://theultrarev.blogspot.com/2007/07/teenager-loses-purity-ring-legal-battle.html