Digby's got a couple of posts up about this thing called the Purity Ball. Basically little girls and their fathers dress up like it's a prom (gowns and tuxes), and then the little girls pledge to their fathers, the "high priest in [his] home", to stay virgins until they are married and can give their virginity to their husbands as a gift.

Little Susie says:

I pledge to remain sexually pure...until the day I give myself as a wedding gift to my husband. ... I know that God requires this of me.. that he loves me. and that he will reward me for my faithfulness.

And Big Daddy replies:

I, (daughter's name)'s father, choose before God to cover my daughter as her authority and protection in the area of purity. I will be pure in my own life as a man, husband and father. I will be a man of integrity and accountability as I lead, guide and pray over my daughter and as the high priest in my home. This covering will be used by God to influence generations to come.

"Cover my daughter as her authority and protection in the area of purity"???? Who else is starting to get skeeved? These girls are 10 years old. Their pledging to their fathers to be sexually pure.

a) A 10-yr old should have no true concept of what that even means and if she does, as Digby points out, now we know why they make no exception in their anti-abortion stance for incest and rape.

b) Um....where are the moms? Not that the presence of Mrs. Stepford Wife or Mrs. Evangelical Fanatic would make this event any less creepy, but why aren't they at least making the pledge to their Family instead of just to Daddy Dearest?

c) Also, Digby asks the question "What? No Mommy-Son pledge of purity?"

that's really creepy..