Dear Lord! (of the Rings)

Lord of the Rings, originally uploaded by haileydai.

Now there's a lawsuit over some kind of smoke and mirrors show for kids that promotes abstinence until marriage. The show uses lights, music and comedy (and maybe I should use that term loosely here?) to get its message across and then the poor unsuspecting children are roped into buying a silver ring, engraved with a reference to a biblical passage, to "make a commitment to Christ".

The show is called "The Silver Ring Thing" and the American Civil Liberities Union is suing the federal government for funding a show that promotes religion (because it's against the law to do so). The government has, so far, had nothing to say about the pending lawsuit.

Read the story here, on NPR. (Last item.)