Missouri seventh-grader Londyn Piglowski and his buddies think “Virginity Rocks,” but officials in the Wentzville School District disagree.

Piglowski told KMOV that when his friend Davis bought him a sweatshirt with the slogan for his birthday, inspired by YouTuber Danny Duncan, he didn’t expect the positive message to spark controversy when he wore it to school.

But on Monday, Piglowski’s social studies teacher hauled him to the office because he argued it was inappropriate, though it technically doesn’t violate the school’s dress code.

“He said it was a little bit borderline for the school and he told me to take it off or flip it inside or else they would have to take action,” the 13-year-old told KMOV.

The Wentzville School District dress code forbids students from wearing clothes that promote immoral, illegal, sexual or violent behavior, according to the news site.

Piglowski said administrators threatened him with suspension if he wore it again.

“I didn’t think this was bad so whenever they told me to take it off I was like why am I taking this off because it’s a positive message?” he said.

The student’s father told the news site the threats don’t make sense.

“They teach sex ed,” Todd Piglowski said. “How can you teach it but then say hey let’s not have it on a sweatshirt?”

“This is a message saying you know they’re good with being virgins I guess, you know, no sex, so isn’t that what these schools are trying to educate these kids of not doing?” he questioned.

Londyn and Davis told KMOV the sweatshirts were popular with their classmates and effective at spreading the message to wait for sex.

“They like it,” Londyn said.

“Ya, kids were asking me if I could buy them one,” Davis said.

Davis got the sweatshirts from Danny Duncan, a YouTube prankster with more than 2.5 million subscribers who sells an array of merchandise online with the phrase. His “Virginity Rocks” line is also sold at 600 Zumiez stores across the country, according to TubeFilter.

Killer Merch, the company that handles Duncan’s online sales, told the site it sends out between 7,000 and 13,000 packages for the 26-year-old every month.

Christian organizations have also used the slogan “virginity rocks” for years.

“The District’s policy regarding student dress provides opportunities for our administrators to address student attire that is potentially disruptive to the educational environment,” the Wentzville School District wrote in a statement to KMOV. “We routinely have conversations with students around attire that may be inappropriate and by and large, our students and families work with our staff to address any concerns.”

The situation in Missouri isn’t an anomaly. Students across the country have faced school suspension for spreading the message of abstinence.

Last October, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School sophomore Thorn Willsey was suspended for a day for refusing to change or cover his “Virginity Rocks” sweatshirt, The Chetek Alert reports.

At Rosenburg High School the year prior, Fletcher Case faced a similar decision over his “Virginity Rocks” T-shirt. Administrators told the junior he couldn’t wear the shirt, so he could turn it inside out, wear another provided by the school, or go home and change. Case chose the latter, then alerted Duncan about the controversy, according to The News-Review.

Duncan vowed to hand out “Virginity Rocks” shirts to all students at the school, while the district superintendent supported the censorship with allegations the message would cause a disruption.

“We would have made the same decision if the student had been wearing a T-shirt that said sex rocks or smoke more pot,” superintendent Gerry Washburn told the news site.

Those examples are among scores of others with the same outcome: students censored in school for promoting abstinence.

“I think this is absurd, I really do,” Todd Piglowski said. “No sex. Isn’t that what these schools are trying to educate these kids of not doing?”