God wants you to be holy, but deception and lawbreaking don't count

God wants you to be holy, so you should keep clear of all sexual sin. Then each of you will control your body and live in holiness and honour.

1 Thessalonians, 4, 3-4

This is the inscription found on the Silver Ring which 30,000 adolescents reportedly wear to signify that they will remain virgins until they are married. The ring is distributed by the Silver Ring Thing (which sounds like another item that isn't exactly associated with virginity, doesn't it?), which has received more than $1 million from the Department of Health and Human Services. Under U.S. law, faith-based organizations may receive such grants under the condition that they do not use the money for promoting religion.

In response to a suit filed by the ACLU against DHHS, the Silver Ring Thing program says that it is not promoting a religion.

And all these years, I was under the impression that Thessalonians was a chapter in the Christian bible. What do I know?