Response to "The Jonas Brothers and their Purity Rings"

In response to Sandra’s Post about The Jonas Brothers and their Purity Rings.

Who would have thought that I would get the opportunity to talk about the Jonas Brothers in university? The time has finally comes. I can say, that yes I was a Jonas Brothers fan in high school, and still am today, so the blog might be a bit bias.

Sandra brings up a very good example about the relationship of popular culture in comparison to religion.  The Jonas Brothers came up into the music scene in about 2006 with their introduction through Disney (Disney being the very censored, clean slate of actors in their roster.) No one really knew what those rings on their ring fingers were, but they openly expressed that they were purity rings, vowing to sustain from sex, until marriage, following the ways of the Bible. After that, none of the interviewers could stop asking about the rings. That was all they wanted to know about the new pop trio. Their music was second; their religious beliefs were first. Finally after multiple interviews, they requested that questions about their religion were stopped, so that they could focus on their music.

As soon as people found out that I liked the Jonas Brothers, all they could do was:

1. Make fun of me because I liked their music and 2. Make fun of them because they wore those purity rings. I, personally really find their vow was genuine, and if they decided to wait to have sex, what was the big issue? Was it because they were famous? Because they were open about it? Or was it because no one really openly admits that they are waiting for marriage to have sex, because in this day age, no one really values it anymore, and its not normal. Like Sandra mentioned Lady Gaga and Kanye are open about their religion and they are not ridiculed, so what’s the difference? Would be great to hear some opinions!

http://christandpopularculture.blogspot.com/2012/01/jonas-brothers-and-their-purity-rings.html