As a national spokeswoman for the True Love Waits campaign since age 16, Rebecca has spoken to hundreds of thousands of teens about the benefits of saving sex for marriage. Her views of love are deeply grounded. Unlike Hollywood, where love is often portrayed as a spell you fall under, or an urge that makes you love-crazy to jump into bed, Rebecca speaks of love as patient, kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. She has more confidence in kids, and she says, I don t buy the argument that teenagers can t control themselves or that they need to be taught to use birth control devices to protect themselves.
Teenagers can handle the pressure.
I have seen thousands of teenagers sign commitment cards pledging themselves to wait until marriage. Thousands of young women write Rebecca to thank her for taking a stand. Some letters come from women who ve fallen for sex outside of marriage. One woman wrote, I ve had troubles my whole adult life as a result of the bad choice to have remarital sex, which led to an abortion, a bad marriage and divorce. Rebecca s fans love her music and her encouraging words about life and its purpose.