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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry but the PP who is very insistent that a parent from one religion simply can't raise a child in another religion is weirdly obsessed with this. It feels like echoes of the 1950s- white people should not marry black people;no intermarriage, no "mixing."  Fortunately we live in a diverse society where those norms have been cast aside. In my office, we have multiple families that are cross cultural, cross racial, and mixed religion. It's pretty narrow minded to say that a person simply cannot raise their children in their partner's religion or culture. [/quote]

Thank you - I agree! OP, I am confident that you and your fiance should be able to figure out a solution that works for you and your family, not what some anonymous person on the internet tells you. [/quote]

I am a Jew, and kind of find the comparison of interfaith marriage to interracial marriage offputting.  Judaism to me is a way of life, not an accident of birth.  The desire of Jews to encourage in marriage is, aside from the (not trivial to some of us) question of Jewish law, a matter of cultural survival.   And is not inconsistent with racial diversity (there are Jewish communities of color, and there are non Jews who have converted to Judaism).   And in married Jews can and do socialize with others, participate with others culturally, politically, etc.   To support Jewish in marriage (including to those who convert to Judaism) is not to oppose a diverse society.  In fact it is to preserve the diversity of society from homogenization.   [/quote]

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