Chastity.

Your sex life is your business.

It's your business if you have one, and it's your business if you don't. If you are a couple who decides to wait until marriage to consumate your relationship, congratulations. I may not agree with you, but if that's a decision you've made together and suits you as a couple, well, congratulations. This is a private thing. Between the two of you. And maybe your higher power. It is not the business of the congregation.

The marriage ceremony should not include a ceremonial unlatching of your chastity belt. No one will go around waving the bloodied sheet off the balcony to let the town know you were pure. No one outside of the couple needs to know the status of your hymen. You will not have witness in the room to ring a bell once coitus has been achieved. No. No. No. This is a private act.  Please leave this out of your vows.

(Not to mention Jessica Simpson included this in her vows, in a ceremony her father officiated. If you're going to copy your vows from a celebrity, you should probably choose one whose marriage lasted beyond the five year mark.)

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[redzils]

I am afraid to ask what prompted this post.

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