Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas have gone on the record about their commitment to virginity . . . at least until marriage.

This month's Details magazine has the story:

On a quiet Friday morning in a dressing room at Madison Square Garden, the Jonas Brothers hold out their hands to show off their purity rings. Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas—the teen-pop trio who stand, at this very moment, on the brink of hugeness—wear the metal bands on their fingers to symbolize, as Joe puts it, “promises to ourselves and to God that we’ll stay pure till marriage.” Joe is 18. His ring is silver and adorned with a cross. “It actually ripped apart a little bit, just on the bottom, here, but I didn’t want to get a new one, because this one means so much to me,” he says. Nick, who is 15, says, “I got mine made at Disney World. It’s pretty awesome.” Kevin, at 20, is the oldest of the three, and while a punk-rock purity ring from Tiffany might represent the ultimate oxymoron, that’s exactly what he’s going for. His silver vow of abstinence is covered with studs. “It’s pretty rock and roll,” Kevin says. “It’s getting banged up a little bit because of the guitar.” (source)

Whether abstinence is your thing or not, you gotta hand it to the guys for saying that they believe in something, despite the fact that it may not be "popular" or "cool", and standing by their words. I wonder if they realize that their conviction, courage and self-respect make them that much more attractive to all their lady fans who are disappointed by their annoucement, haha!

Nick doesn't deny that all the swooning girls are awesome but he says they have decided to wear the purity rings because they want to be good role models. The decision is "just one of our ways of kind of like being different than everybody else out there."

The decision to wait until marriage is personal-- both sides of the spectrum should be well thought out. I'm just hoping that The Jonas Brothers' very public decision doesn't blow up in their faces later.

Even if you weigh all the options, consider what your gut is telling you, and educate yourself about the risks, you may decide that waiting until marraige isn't for you. If that's the case, at least have the moxy to be safe (use protection! ask questions!) and to be open with someone in your life about the choices you're making. Nothing is hotter than someone with a backbone. Or a trio with backbones. Sigh . . .