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I thought the article was interesting. If, in fact, the group in question is a resource for those dealing with a lifestyle choice that they believe isn't supported at the university, I think it's definitely worthwhile. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to stick to beliefs like that on a college campus today, and I'm sure that support is needed.
However, I think it's interesting that, while the group is marketing themselves as a "society for chastity," if you take a look at their webpage, that appears to be only one of their focuses -- the others of which seem to be a push for sexually conservative viewpoints in terms of homosexuality and gay marriage, marriage in general, and feminism. While the website maintains that they do not advocate any official positions in terms of these issues, it seems clear from their webpage that they prefer one side of these arguments to the other. I can only imagine that that's off-putting to someone who is choosing to remain a virgin and would like support with this, but doesn't necessarily agree with the rest of the sexual politics of the group.
It just seems like the way the group is presenting themselves to the papers is at odds with the way they present themselves on their website. Are they support for those who want to live a "chaste" lifestyle, or are they a group advocating conservative sexual politics? Of course either group would have a place on the Princeton campus, but the impression that the website gives is that they're just using the p.c. approach that "we're only about chastity" as a cover-up for the fact that their society is also about pushing some views that might be a little less tolerated on an Ivy League campus.
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