Interracial Marriage

What Makes an Interracial Relationship?

Heidi W. Durrow | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Census, Multiracial Americans, Multiracial, Biracial, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Mixed Roots, Black Voices Life, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

I'm used to checking "other" to describe myself. Still, imagine my surprise -- not at the recent headline that interracial marriages are at an all-time high -- but that my marriage is included among them.

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The Case for Same-Sex Marriage: Striving for the Moral Absolute of Equality

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Chief Justice Earl Warren, Jerry Falwell, Brown v. Board of Education, Interracial Marriage, Barack Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, Lgbt, Obama Same-Sex Marriage, LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, Obama Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Let's assume a presidential candidate had come out against interracial marriage. How many of us would be inclined to vote for him or her? Until 1967, supporters of such a ban used pretty much the same theology-based arguments their ideological heirs use today to rail against same-sex marriage.

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The All-New American Family

Marian Salzman | Posted 04.30.2012

The American family's structure is no longer a perfect slice of apple pie. We've got nests that are no longer empty as jobless millennials move back in with mom and dad and redefine our latest obsession with what it means to be "occupied."

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1 In 10 American Marriages Are Interracial

The Huffington Post | Jennifer Lai | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Interethnic Marriage, Intermarriage, 2010, Mixed-Race Marriage, Pew Research Center, Interracial Marriage Statistics, u.s. Census Bureau, Interracial Marriage, Weddings News

One in 10 American marriages are between partners of a different race or ethnicity, according to data released on Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau....

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Amalía Has Two Easters

Eleni Gage | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Census, Easter, Religion, U.S. Census, Parenting, Greek Orthodox Church, Interracial Marriage, Greek-Easter, Pew Report, Cross-Cultural Marriage, Parents News

I hope the parents of all the other children of cross-cultural and interracial marriages -- even those who only count because of the new census -- have found their world similarly expanded.

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Being Brown in the 'Burbs: No Burnt Crosses, but a Few Cross Looks

Melanie Coffee | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Interracial Dating, Racism, Interracial Marriage, Biracial, Post-Racial, Black Voices Life, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

I should have known by the look in his eyes. The middle-aged white man looked at my chocolate self, then to my light-skinned baby and back to me. "Excuse me," he said walking closer. "But is his father white or Asian?"

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Do Teens And Parents Disagree About Interracial Dating?

Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Interracial Couples, Interracial Dating, Teen Dating, Interracial Relationships, Teens Interracial Couples, Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360, Interracial Marriage, Young Interracial Couples, Video, Teen News

A new Anderson 360 study on teens and race revealed a major generational divide between adolescents and their parents. The study found that some paren...

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A Troubled Experiment's Forgotten Lesson in Racial Integration

Carina Ray | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Mixed Race, Intermarriage, Racial Prejudice, Synanon, Multiracial, Racism, Integration, Racial Identity, Race, Interracial Marriage, Segregation, Black Voices News

The year 2012 marks the fortieth anniversary of my Puerto Rican mother and Irish-Italian father's unusual wedding. They met and married in an experimental community called Synanon, where I was born.

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Why Your Parents May Worry About Your Interfaith Wedding

Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Wedding Planning, Intercultural Marriage, Intermarriage, Interfaith Marriage, Interfaith Wedding, Interracial Marriage, After the Wedding, Cross-Cultural Marriage, Weddings News

Interfaith and intercultural issues usually come with many layers; they may be more complex or serious depending on the culture from which your family hails, their personal religious values, and their attachment to their traditions.

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Shocking New Finding About Interracial Marriage In The South

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Interracial Couples, Video, Interracial Marriage Survey, Interracial Marriage, Public Policy Polling, Alabama Republicans, Interracial Marriage Illegal, Weddings News

Despite the fact that the number of interracial marriages in the U.S. reached an all-time high this year, there are many who still believe that mixed-...

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On Social Issues, Mississippi and Alabama Primary Voters Not as Extreme as You Might Think

Margie Omero | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Pollster Analysis, Obama Muslim, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Elections 2012, Interracial Marriage, Barack Obama, Politics, Politics News, Alabama, Republican Primary, Mississippi, 2012 Election, Evolution, Newt Gingrich, Social Issues, Politics News

Recent PPP polling might tempt some to unearth hackneyed caricatures about Southerners and social issues. But in fact, there are fewer differences between Southern Republicans and voters overall than you might think.

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Celebrating Ayyam-I-Ha: A Holiday You Haven't Heard Of

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Holidays, Christmas, Lent, Global Motherhood, Interracial Marriage, Baha'i, Fat Tuesday, Ayyam-I-Ha, Rituals, Fasting, Pew Research Center, Celebrations, Demographics, Parenting Advice, Diversity, Parents, Religion News

Depending on our life circumstances and cultural milieu, we make up different things... I have made up how we celebrate a holiday tradition.

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Black, White, Brown & Now

Lisa Ellis | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Mixed Race, 14th Amendment, Interracial Marriage, Civil Rights, Mixed-Race Marriage, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

Many times throughout my life I began to write about the subject of inter-racial marriage. My birth being the result of an American interracial marriage, I found that the perspective was rarely spoken about from the point of view of the child of these unions.

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Interracial Marriage for All Americans

Deborah Plummer | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Black and White Marriage, Interracial Marriage, Pew Research Center, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

Well into my adult years, despite the fact that I preached diversity, I held the belief that black men should marry black women and conversely, black women should marry black men. I have grown to learn how wrong I was to hold that belief.

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7 Surprising New Findings About Interracial Marriage In America

Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Interracial Marriage Statistics, Interethnic Marriage, Intermarriage, Interracial Marriage, Pew Research Center, Mixed-Race Marriage, Weddings News

Interracial marriage is on the rise, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. The report, which came out Thursday, indicates that th...

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1 In 12 Marriages In U.S. Involve Interracial Couples

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Paul Taylor, Marriage, Daniel Lichter, Jonathan Brent, Interracial Marriage, Pew Research Center, Weddings News

WASHINGTON — Interracial marriages in the U.S. have climbed to 4.8 million – a record 1 in 12 – as a steady flow of new Asian and Hi...

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PHOTOS: An Intimate Look At Virginia's First Legal Interracial Marriage

The Huffington Post | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Video, Loving v. Virginia, Interracial Marriage, Black History Month, Black Voices News

Before June of 1967, sixteen states still prohibited interracial marriage, including Virginia, the home of Richard Perry Loving, a white man, and his ...

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Church Secretary Says Interracial Marriage Got Her Fired

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Video, Church Fires Debra Dodd, Debra Dodd, Racism, Debra Dodd Fired, Interracial Marriage, Texas Church Fires Debra Dodd, Religion News

By Kay Campbell Religion News Service FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) A white church secretary is suing her former employer, arguing that she was fired ...

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Why Your Marriage Can Endure More Hardship Than You Think

Beverly Willett | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Drug Addiction, Infidelity, Marriage, Rape, Bankruptcy, Infertility, Divorce, Traumatic Brain Injury, Marital Problems, Generation X, Cancer, Interracial Marriage, Loss of a Child, Happiness, Tips for a Lasting Marriage, Lasting Marriage, After the Wedding, Long Marriage, Weddings News

"Marriage is dead," and "monogamy may be asking too much" were the headlines in 2011. But Lori Lowe, creator of the popular marriage blog, Marriage Gems, still says lasting bliss is possible.

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Kentucky Church Flap Shows Interracial Couples Still Have Hurdles

Melanie Coffee | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Interracial Dating, Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church, Bv-Life, Interracial Relationships, Pike Church, Black Voices News, Kentucky, Racism, Stella Harville, Interracial Marriage, Black Voices News

The sentiments seemingly behind the Kentucky church's original vote aren't only in Appalachia or the South. They're in pockets across the U.S. I know because I've fallen into some of them.

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Kentucky Church Overturns Ban On Interracial Couples

AP | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Interracial Dating, Video, Church Bans Interracial Dating, Kentucky Church Bans, Pike Church, Kentucky, Interracial Couple Banned From Church, Poll, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Couple, Religion News

PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- An eastern Kentucky church under a firestorm of criticism since members voted to bar mixed-race couples from joining the congregatio...

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Kentucky Fried Bible Reading: Is Interracial Marriage Immoral?

G. Elijah Dann | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church, Bob Jones University, Tower of Babel, Interracial Marriage, Religion News

Of course the Kentucky Baptists can't consistently hold to their prejudices. It also doesn't take much imagination to think that their hysteria is really something much more human and base.

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Kentucky Church BANS Interracial Couples

AP | By DYLAN LOVAN | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Miscegenation, Anti-Miscegenation, Racism, Interracial Marriage Ban, Interracial Marriage, Weddings News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A tiny all-white Appalachian church in rural Kentucky has voted to ban interracial couples from joining its flock, pitting members ...

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Kentucky Church Bans Interracial Couples

Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Interracial Dating, Kentucky, Poll, Interracial Marriage, Bv-Life, Pike Church, Church Bans Interracial Dating, Interracial Couple, Interracial Couple Banned From Church, Kentucky Church Bans, Huffington Post, Black Voices News

In a move to "promote greater unity" among its body and the Pike County community it serves, a small Kentucky church voted to ban interracial couples ...

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Let No One Put Asunder

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Religion, Politics, Marriage, Gay, African Americans, Bisexual, Lesbian, Interracial Marriage, Gay Marriage, Politics News

As a university professor of pre-service teacher education students, I raise the distinction between moral convictions and professional ethics when we discuss issues of controversy within the field of education.

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