UK court upholds ban on 'purity ring'

British teenager Lydia Playfoot today lost her High Court challenge over a ban preventing her from wearing a Christian "purity ring".

UK court upholds ban on 'purity ring'

British teenager Lydia Playfoot today lost her High Court challenge over a ban preventing her from wearing a Christian "purity ring".

Sixteen-year-old Lydia Playfoot claimed the ban at the Millais School in Horsham, England, was an "unlawful interference" with her right to express her Christian faith.

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