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Marriage Is Not a Prize to Be Won

July 22, 2026 · 1 min read

When I heard that Hulu was producing a show called Ring by Spring Break, a shiver went down my spine. According to its logline, the new show will drop Christian college students in Cabo, where “faith battles temptation in paradise.” “Will they leave engaged or graduate alone?” the promotional copy asks, mirroring the dramatic taglines Read more...

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Bojana Lukić

This sounds to me like another American reality show that turns marriage into a competition. When I read "faith battles temptation in paradise" and the question of whether they will return engaged or alone, it immediately comes to my mind that this is the opposite of what the Church teaches - marriage is not a prize that someone wins on vacation in Kaaba. I wonder how many of those students will really be serious about getting married after this.

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