Takes Courage

Most of the time in pop culture, freedom of speech is an accepted freedom by the masses when one speaks. Especially speaking about controversial issues or those of moral decay. But the second someone tries to speak in favor of having boundaries or standing up for a value that is followed by the minority, those words seem to get edited. Not this time. The great thing about MTV award shows is that they are usually live and most of what they say goes unedited. At the VMA's, Jordin Sparks, was not edited and was able to make a statement in favor of having standards.

What did she say?
"It's not bad to wear a promise ring, because not everybody, guy or girl, wants to be a slut,"

Why did she say it?:
In response to the host, Russell Brand about his jokes made toward the Jonas brothers for their choice to save sex for marriage and wear promise rings.

She did later admit, that she felt bad for using the word, slut and she did not intend to come off as being judgmental. Those were not her intentions. BUT, most of the time, even if a young person is thinking or feeling that what they believe in is being challenged or made fun of, it takes courage to stand up and speak out.