Marriages like this especially for Jewish is really rare and there were almost no individual that would dare to possibly done this. There were some beliefs that actually made it a rule to not marry someone who has different religion. And this perceptions became the reason why there is a huge gap in between people and all the religions that are present. But, as time passed by, people gradually learned to accept such fact that loving is not bad.
But even with these obvious changes in culture, there still are conflicts that can happen and couple may still have their relationship on bricks because of this. Mostly, deep conversation about this stuff are not done and each side of story is never heard. And, maybe it is the exact reason why other families are still not open in such interfaith marriages.
Sometimes, negative reactions from siblings, parents aunts and other members of family is inevitable. Especially when one is part of conservative and a traditional family. It would really be hard to convince them to support such bindings because their hearts and minds are closed with the possibility and this can really ruin a good relationship.
Other times, the only solution that can be thought of is conversion of faith. This is insisted to the future spouse and this actually is not even appropriate knowing that each person is born with a right to stand on religion of their choice. This will only add fuel to pressure the future spouse would feel and besides this is really something personal to begin with.
And even when the conversion would be given consideration of, it still would never be that easy once and if its something forced. Imagine how hard can it be for a person to change the faith they have built and made solid for the longest years. And having to follow a culture that they are not even familiar of is also unfair for them.
Other than that, having kids and trying to choose which religion should they take is quite tricky. This is something that really has to get thoroughly discussed beforehand. Others would just wait for the kids to grow and let them choose on their own and not pressure them which is quite nice.
There also are other couples that will try to introduce kids to both religion culture. Showing what are the difference and allowing them to not feel any intimidation at all because sometimes this kind of issue would all boil down and affect kids. This should never be the case.
It is true that something like this set up are difficult. But, the most important thing is that building the respect and try to keep an open mind because this is the attitude that would help save the marriage. This goes to all the differences between couple, not just religion.
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