Cokie Roberts: "I Couldn't Give Up Jesus" For My Jewish Husband

Washington Post:

Sally Quinn talks to the journalist couple about their Catholic-Jewish marriage....Cokie also talks about her decision not to convert to Judaism for her husband. "I couldn't give up Jesus," Cokie says.

Read the whole story: Washington Post

Comments

[Okieborn]

Who in the he** is Cokie Roberts and who cares about her religion ?????

[s miller08]

The world would be a better place if everyone felt like this.

[UsofA]

A supposed intelligent journalist believing fables.

[Tyrione]

Bingo! I couldn't give up Zeus but then again Lightning and Thunderstorms have a basis of existence.

[talkingdog]

I couldn't stop peeing on fire hydrants for my wife, a cat.

[mockley]

Can't stand her opinions, can't stand her looks - might tune in if she became a mime on radio.

[BuzzingAlong]

Sally Quinn is conducting interviews?

Why?

Talk about the bottom of the barrel.

[Gib]

There must be something in the water that makes Americans so obsessed with religion. God Is Not Great.

[benatmediacurves]

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Thanks,
Ben

[Bpeirce]

Cokie, Cokie, Cokie with the inside the Beltway vision. (Oh! people really do exist outside of Washington­...I had no Idea!).

[ss193]

I have had a long, happy interfaith marriage. No secet to it, just respect and tolerance. I have a statue of St. Francis in my garden,[ it's tasteful, trust me], and a menorah on my bookshelf.­. Things have never been dull. Also have bi-racial relatives, gay relatives, and one Jehovah's Witness. My kids are the most tolerant and interesting people I know, maybe because we don't take ourselves too seriously, or make "isssues" out of anything. The common thread is always Love.

[MyThought]

Oh c'mon - who cares. There are many mixed couples...­....it's a personal decision.

Yawn

[ss193]

Personally I agree with you, but the subject Was mixed couples, therefore the comment. We lived in a Deep South state briefly, {not briefly enough for me } and our family received some of the strangest comments..­.. too numerous to mention..Y­ou would be surprised how un-evolved some parts of our country are. e.g. " are your children adopted ? " Or the time we could not get approval from a condo board to purchase a condo in So. Fl. because I, "wouldn't be comfortable there" I look like a Sister of St Mercy and my husband looks like a rabbi..lol even though we both are "mutts" banal to you perhaps, but thirty years ago..not so much.

[banja]

Religion, always complicates things, all we need is love.

[Two Cents]

I found the interview of the couple interestin­g--earnest & heartfelt.

[s miller08]

Me, too. And I like learning about religion and how people integrate it into their lives, especially if it's an inter-faith relationship.

[Citizen54]

Jesus wept.

-- John 11:35

[Gib]

e>o

[yankees]

Who cares?