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Article: TEENS EMBRACE ABSTINENCE PROGRAM | `TRUE LOVE WAITS': PARENTS ALSO VOW TO HELP KIDS STAY PURE
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- The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)
- Article date:
- February 3, 1997
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Aurora -- Cool. Awesome.
A blast.
Great.
Teen-agers usually spout these expressions in conjunction with activities like trips to amusement parks, sports arenas or the latest movie.
But they also are words young teens are using to describe the "True Love Waits" campaign, said Luan Warren, junior high youth director at First Presbyterian Church.
Now in its sixth month, True Love Waits is part of a community marriage policy Aurora-area churches initiated to help teens who choose to abstain from sex before marriage.
Sunday evening's program at St. Pauls Lutheran Church on Aurora's West Side featured Diana Ashley, executive director of Aurora's Pregnancy Information Center.
It culminated ...