Chaste Courtship and Ethics

“Parents who raise their children this way are trying to do what they think is best. The problem is, they are motivated by fear to control their children… Many fundamentalists probably operate under a consequentialist system of ethics.”

Courting a Stranger: Samantha Field’s Thoughts

“In the end, if you make it, it won’t be because you courted. It won’t be because of all the questions your father asked him or all the times you wanted to be alone but suppressed the desire. It won’t be because you kissed for the first time after the pastor said ‘you may.'”