The Cuckold's Black on White Wedding: Interracial Wife Sharing

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Religious attitudes combined with Christian nationalism increased opposition to intermarriage more than either attribute measured independently.

While they cannot conclude that race is the cause per se of divorce, it does seem to be associated with higher risk of divorce or separation (Zhang and Van Hook, 2009). On the other hand, the Baháʼí Faith promotes interracial marriage as a prerequisite to achieving world peace. The Quaker Zephaniah Kingsley published a treatise, reprinted three times, on the benefits of intermarriage, which according to Kingsley produced healthier and more beautiful children, and better citizens.Some have argued that the increasing prevalence of interracial marriage may be associated with the reduction of social distance across groups. States will naturally have differing views on such issues, he continued, adding that “when you want that diversity to shine within our federal system, there are going to be rules, and proceedings, that are going to be out of sync with maybe what other states would do.

These seemingly contradictory trends were driven by the heavy, ongoing Hispanic and Asian immigration wave of the past four decades. After all, it was on the basis of religion that opponents of interracial marriage argued against Loving back in the 1960s: There was no mention of a right to marry in the Constitution, they said, and, more importantly, God was against interracial marriage.

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