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Thursday, July 29, 2010
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Washington Post's On Faith: Should religions intermarry?
This week's question for the On Faith panelists: Should religions intermarry?
Chelsea Clinton, raised Methodist, and Marc Mezvinsky, Jewish, will wed this weekend. Statistics show that 37 percent of Americans have a spouse of a different faith. Statistics also show that couples in interfaith marriages are "three times more likely to be divorced or separated than those who were in same-religion marriages."
Is interfaith marriage good for American society? Is it good for religion? What is lost—and gained—when religious people intermarry?
Among the responses:
- Susan Jacoby: Mixed marriage inevitable and desirable in a pluralistic society
- R. Albert Mohler Jr.: The logic of Christian marriage
- Julia Neuberger: Mixed faiths a mixed blessing
- Deepak Chopra: Find sacred ground in marriage
For responses from On Faith panelists, go here: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2010/07/should_religions_intermarry/all.html
Special Interfaith Marriage Feature:
GUEST VOICE: Marriage Expert Dr. Marion Usher on Chelsea Clinton's Interfaith Marriage: How to decide which religion to raise interfaith children (Part III this week)
For Part II: Where does an interfaith couple go to find help?
Part I: Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky: religion and interfaith marriage
More From the On Faith Blogs:
Catholic America: Anthony Stevens-Arroyo—Taxes, tyranny and a Catholic Tea Party
Under God: Michelle Boorstein on how influential the progressive left is
Georgetown/On Faith: Katherine Marshall-Bringing faith into the TB fight
The Spirited Atheist: Bristol and Levi: Poster children for the dumbing down of America
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About On Faith:
As a global interactive feature on washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com, On Faith tackles one of the world's most pervasive yet least understood topics by offering varied perspectives and open dialogue on the impact of religion on world events. Each week moderators Sally Quinn of The Washington Post and Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham post a question for On Faith's more than one hundred panelists of varying faiths from around the world. The result is a global multi-denominational conversation that readers can join by offering their own opinions and by posting comments and questions at any time.
