Pledge
The True Love Waits pledge states: "Believing that true love waits, I make a commitment to God, myself, my family, my friends, my future mate and my future children to be sexually abstinent from this day until the day I enter a biblical marriage relationship." In addition, they promote sexual purity, which encompasses not only abstaining from intercourse before marriage, but also abstaining from sexual thoughts, sexual touching, pornography, and actions that are known to lead to sexual arousal.
By the late 1990s, Christian music groups were promoting the program, and events similar to youth rallies were held at Christian music concerts,providing an opportunity for adolescents to sign pledge cards.
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