ForeverInLoveWithJus

A Grammy-award winning Christian rock star, who preaches a message of abstinence from sex until marriage, says she feels sorry for pop princess Britney Spears who herself once famously vowed to be a virgin until she wed.

Rebecca St. James, a star of the U.S. Christian music scene, said she was disappointed that role models from the world of music and movies such as Spears led youngsters astray with their message of "anything goes, if it feels good do it."

"The biggest thing I feel for Britney is I feel sad for her," she told Reuters in an interview Saturday.

"I also feel sad for the nine or 10-years-old watching her who see her dressing in a very promiscuous fashion, almost asking for people to treat her as a sex object. They are going to start dressing that way too."

Australian-born St. James, who fronts the True Love Waits organization in the U.S. which urges teenagers to avoid pre-marital sex, is embarking on a whirlwind European tour during which she hopes to spread the group's message.

True Love Waits, which already boasts a healthy following in the U.S., encourages teenagers to pledge to their family and friends that they will stay virgins until they are married.

It was a message that once appealed to Spears herself. Shortly after she shot to superstardom as a teen-ager with her debut album "...Baby One More Time" she made a public promise to stay chaste until her wedding day.

But she later shed the image for a far more raunchy look, admitted she had slept with former boyfriend Justin Timberlake and said she thought sex was not "such a big deal."

"She (Britney) has had an unbelievable amount of pressure put on her. She would have people from the top of her record label, to her manager and to her peers saying you've got to be more raunchy, show more skin," St James said.

"It's like water on a stone, it just starts wearing away no matter how strong you are."

Despite the seductive images of sex prevalent in the media, St James is confident she can persuade youngsters to follow her lifestyle, claiming many teenagers saw waiting to have sex as "a new benchmark of cool."

MoonBerry

I feel sorry for her for even thinking Britney would be the same 16 year old she used to be. I feel sorry for her thinking that most Britney fans are 9-10 years old, when I bet not even half(or should I say half of that half lol) of her fans are that age - not anymore thank goodness.

I feel sad that probably when Britney's 30 years old people will STILL hold on to the 16 year old girl image. That's SAD. People need to wake up and move on.

Nanny

Things change. People change. It's just something that everybody needs to learn to accept.

BeBritney

Gee, that sympathy is surely appreciated

ForeverInLoveWithJus

How do you know that? She still has a lot of fans that like her that are that age.

BeBritney

She has fans that age because parents are f-ing IGNORANT.

She shouldn't have fans that age. That is ridiculous. Look at her music ALONE. It's not appropriate for kids, it's not cutesy like on the "BOMT" album. It's beyond me why there are still kids that young that are fans. However, I have personally noticed less and less. At the last Britney concert I went to, the median age was 15-18 I'd say.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

I think its because parents dont listen to the lyrics just like parents who allow kids of that age to listen to Eminem.

LUCY

Yeah and she said that when she was Seventeen right? So at the time she may have really ment it..

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Maybabygirl0501

Agreed!

Britney is getting older and he music is changing.........well already has changed. She knows that she has young fans Im sure, BUT she is growing up and people need to learn that.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Yes I know that but I think why do stars need to make their show like a sex show?