Why People Should Not Marry Outside Of Their Religion

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People Should Not Marry Outside of Their Religious Beliefs
The belief in marrying someone of a different religion is a very passionate topic when it comes to today’s modern generation. Even though a lot of older generations taught their kids to only marry within one’s beliefs, today’s media portrays those past generations as being obscured and prejudice. However, many people are still holding firm in the belief of the past: no two people should be married if they do not share the same moral beliefs, and I for one agree with that said tradition. The belief of not marrying outside one’s religious beliefs is not something that is prejudice; it is a belief that helps keep a marriage peaceful. I say this because people who are married and do not have the same moral beliefs tend to get in a lot of misunderstandings more than those who share the same moral beliefs. For example, those who do not share the same spiritual beliefs will have trouble before their marriage even begins because certain religions expect their members to get married in specific “holy” places as well as perform certain rituals throughout the wedding ceremony. The difference between the two beliefs can cause family disputes
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For a child, it would be extremely confusing growing up in a house hold where his or her parents believe in two completely different deities. Therefore, the parents would have to decide which religion they would allow their child to grow up believing in. This decision, of course, would be very important to both the mother and father because each one would want to share his or her belief with their child. Furthermore, an argument would probably arise as well as feelings of disrespect towards their religion and beliefs, but no matter what religion they choose to allow their child to grow up believing, the child will always have doubts on which parent is truly