interfaith marriage

It was canceled after one highly rated season following vociferous protests from religious groups over the show’s then far more controversial theme of interfaith marriage.

Sotomayor identifies just a few of the almost infinite ways some parent or other will now be able to demand notice and excused absence whenever certain books are used in class: “Books expressing implicit support for patriotism, women’s rights, interfaith marriage, consumption of meat, immodest dress, and countless other topics may conflict with sincerely held religious beliefs and thus trigger stringent judicial review under the majority’s test.”

Several states run by the BJP have also made laws that restrict interfaith marriage, citing the myth of “love jihad,” an unproven conspiracy theory used by Hindu hard-line groups to accuse Muslim men of converting Hindu women by marriage.

It’s an interfaith marriage and there will come a time I’m sure when my kids will have questions about that.

Powley’s parents had an interfaith marriage and she didn’t grow up very religious, but at a young age she embraced her Jewish heritage, sensing that it was something to be defended.