Article: Teens make commitment to abstinence in True Love Waits ceremonies.

Ashley Dubuque wears a dainty gold band decorated with sparkling diamond chips forming a cross on her wedding ring finger.

She vows to abstain from sex until she gets married.

``The ring stands for sexual purity and my marriage to God,'' said Dubuque, 18, of Panama City, Fla. ``It says `I will not cheat on God.' When I get married, I will give the ring and myself to my husband as a gift.''

Dubuque's parents presented the ring to her at a True Love Waits Commitment Ceremony two years ago.

Standing before her parents, peers and church congregation, Dubuque made this pledge:

``Believing that true love waits, I make a commitment ...

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