2012 Pure Love Essay Contest Alumni Category 1st Prize  Mikako I. Age 17 , Grade 12 What are the benefits of keeping sexual purity before marriage?           As one of roughly 6.7 billion people on Earth, what can a person claim exclusively as their own? A house? You can pay monthly bills and have it signed under your name, but it was not built for you specifically; the house has probably had numerous owners before, and just the same, it will have a plentiful number of owners after you. What about even your family? Your mom and dad are someone else’s daughter and son and they are someone...