Sorry but I disagree with you. Discrimination is discrimination..be it race or religion. You would refuse to allow your child to date someone simply based on their religion..that is no different than refusing to allow your child to date someone who is a certain/different race.
It's one thing to gravitate towards people you are around (like dating people in your church) and it's an entirely different thing to say "That young man is Jewish/Buddhist/Muslim/atheist or whatever religion I deem "bad" and you can not date them".
We can agree to disagree
. Actually, its more about my childrens' choices than it is about me refusing to allow them to date someone based on religion.But still, my children would not hesitate about dating someone of another race. They would hesitate about dating someone who was not their religion. I think its way different. Your race is something you're born with (and we believe skin color/race has nothing to do with a person's character, religion, morals,etc.). You choose your religion. On a personal level, like dating, I don't believe that's discrimination. I understand that in other matters, like jobs and housing that it would be discrimination and I would never do that. But personal choices are different because there are a lot of reasons for christians to only date christians. And I'm sure that there are people of other faiths that feel the same way.
On some issues, it is just too hard to compromise. For example, a spiritual christian is not going to be satisfied bringing up children in no church and her atheist husband is not going to be comfortable with her teaching his children that christianity is the only way to God. I'm sure that compromise is easier with people who are not very spiritual, but to some, it is impossible to reconcile that kind of compromise with their beliefs.
Of course, dating is supposed to be fun, but why date someone of a different faith if there is a possibility of "falling in love" and wanting to get married one day. It seems like you could be setting yourself up for a lot of heartache
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. Religion is about free will.