I believe that there is one person for every body whether that person be white or black or hispanic really doesnt matter. Do i have the right to invade someone else with my "opinion" on their relationship? No! I am a Christian and I would not marry someone who was not of like belief but that has absoulely nothing to do with race. I go to a church where i see almost every race every time i go. Love does not have a color. God makes the matches.
I personally have absolutely no problem with inter racial relationships. I am in an inter racial relationship. My guy's folks aren't too hip on the ideal of us having an interacial relationship at all. They said that if I ever call their house they're going to tell me to break up with him. And that hurts me because they don't even know me. And I do feel that it's racist. And even though everyone's intitled to their own opinion I don't find it right.
I think if you love someone that is not of the some religion or race that is ok cuz you LOVE them! i'm a Chistian and are job is to love everyony. God has sent me here and i'm going to love everyone.
i personally do not think its the race that is the problem, I couldn't care less if someone I went out with was black, white etc. However I think for some people on this board and to some extent myself it is what peoples religion is that is a problem. If a person is a christian for example, they believe that the most important thing in their life is God, this comes before any relationship with a human being. Therefore to have a relationship/to go out with someone they too have to believe God is the most important person too, otherwise the relationship will be very difficult and may not work because one person puts God first and the other one doesn't care about God or believes in Allah or something else instead. In this situation there is a conflict, the most important thing in a person's life is not another persons most important thing in their life, Jesus said marry people of your same faith, colour doesn't come into it. Also it is different if children come into it because then you have to decide what religion they will be or if they should be brought up believing in a religion or not. Either way it leaves people out as say the mother goes to church and the father goes to the mosque, where does the child go? How does the child feel when its mother wants to celebrate christmas but the father wants to celebrate Ramadam (sp?) and not christmas. Its a person's belief and character that shapes them and makes someone fall in love with them, someones skin colour dopesn't count for anything. God bless.
What is under the skin? We all have hearts and brains i would hope so why does it matter why color a person is? If i am black do i act differently than if i was white ? NO at least if i grew up in the same time and place! A person is who ever they want to be no matter what you may see! if you judge someone by how they look then you can't see beond your nose cause it is too **** high in the sky! Date who you want for the person they are not what THEY MAY LOOK LIKE!!!
Oh and Dominoe, in the Old Testament, God specified that the Israelites were not to intermarry with non-Israelites, but He didn't specify a rule applicable to today that says "No marrying outside of your race." What He did thousands of years ago was to maintain the purity - physical and spiritual, as both were very nearly equally important back then - of His people.
I submitted a response to this ever-so-controversial question a few days ago, but seeing some of the newer responses has kept my desire to be involved alive. Yes, you are right -- dating doesn't always produce a child, and so I guess I should have bit my tongue about that a bit since the question deals with dating. But a lot of people are getting pretty fiery about counteracting the stigma that children from mixed marriages are confused, and, in this way, misled. Sure, it sounds nice, and pretty pc too, to say that a lot of times the race of one's parents and these sorts of things don't factor into how he is able to deal with the circumstances in his life. But you gotta also consider that a lot of times they do, and to totally shut out these possibilities, claiming the surefire argument that we must be blind to race, creed, etc., is a fallacy in itself - to be open-minded you can't be gung-ho for one option but shut off to another. The fact is that a lot of these times cultural differences DO wreck marriages, tear apart families, and the like. I sorta liked what one person said, that it's not so much the race that matters but the common - though not in all cases, i.e. between African-Americans and Caucasian Americans - lack of understanding between the parties. So while I say YES, I agree that race should not be the primary concern in choosing a mate or even just somebody to date, you MUST NOT be so color-blind to the point that the differences between two races are completely ignored - we were created different on purpose. Thanks for the insightful comments guys.
If a man is sweet, kind, shy, humble, dignified, intelligent, and truly a man instead of just a boy, then I will date him no matter what his religion, race, creed, or anything else that may be different from me. I must fall for the man inside, and when I do, I do not see differences, but similarities and lovable things.
i see absolutly nothing wrong with it. i'm black, but a majority of my girlfriends have been white. my parents don't like it all that much, but they've learned to get over it. they realize that i'll probably grow up and marry a person of a different race so they've come to accept that i'm gonna do what i wanna do regardless of what views they've tried to instill in me.
I think that the word race is in itself a controversial word. It is possible to define it as a synonym for ethnicity, or as the color of a person's skin. However, nearly all of the messages I have read concerning the issue of interracial dating or marriage seems to deal with different values. Even the people who are apparently coming from a "Christian" perspective are speaking about how the children of an interrracial couple will be confused and/or torn between their parents' different beliefs. However, I think it is unfair to limit differences in beliefs to people of different ethnicities or religion. I go to a private Lutheran university, which is predominantly white, and I myself am white. However, me being white and Lutheran does not mean that I automatically have the same opinions or values as every other white Lutheran student here. I don't even necessarily share the same beliefs as my parents, and it seems as though we should be most similar in beliefs. I do not feel that it is a correct or just thing to say that people of different ethnicities or religions should not be together based on differences of values, when people who are of the same or similar backgrounds do not always agree.
I dont see nothin wrong with it. Its just that having this relationship,you are disobeying God and i dont think u wanna do that. How? God said to stay with your kind but love everyone. If u going to do something obey God!!!
This is so much about the topic as it is just a reply to one of Bushsupporter's replies, it upsets me to think that you would not let your kid grow up to believe what they want to. It also upsets me to think that you think Christianity is the "right" way of thinking and the only "truth", and without you telling them this, they will lose their path. My grandmother is Catholic as is all 8 of her kids, including my father. My mother however is Methodist. When I was little, my parents alternated between the churches so that me and my brother would be able to decide for ourselves. I was never forced to believe what they believed. My parents have always allowed me to make my own decisions. My parents philosophy is that you let your kids make their own mistakes and let them learn from them. I do not do drugs, I have never gotten in trouble with the law. I am very involved with my school and community. Even though I do not follow a specific religion, I would marry a man of any religion or race. To me race and religion has nothing to do with love, but respect, honesty, loyalty, and friendship. My question for you, since I am not Christian and since my parents did not "show me the way" and I on the wrong path???
I am offended that you would bring up where people live. It is not a known fact that Colorado is "rural", and yes the KKK does operate. Why? Because the constitution granted them the right to. Just as gays are allowed to march all over the place. I have been to "cally" and as long as were making judgements, I call it the land of fruits and nuts. It is a known fact you know. Where I live has nothing to do with the way that I think, and what a few people do in my state because they have the right to doesn't either. Real good argument, bud. Just a little imature though.
"Freedom is not Free"-Korean War Memorial, Washington DC.
I would date outside my race. God wants us,His children, to be happy and He doesn't see colors so why should we. I too will raise my children in Christ. But I will not keep them from feeling and thinking for themselves. I actually have dated outside my race. We are all people, we all bleed the same, hurt the same, our tears are no different. Don't look at collors but at the person inside.
I have dated outside my race. I am white/caucasion or whatever the politically correct term for it is. My ex-boyfriend and my high school sweetheart was African-American. My Mother hated it. She's the type where she swears up and down that she is not racist, but thinks that interracial dating is a sin that binds you to the underworld of Hades. She was so uncomfortable with it at first that she tried to forbid me to see him or even to be his friend. I got sick of it, and finally decided to stand up for me and my feelings. I confronted her one day and told her that love is blind and that emotions do not see colors. I also reminded her that Chaz(that's his name) and I had been friends since the 5th grade and that he has always been there for me and supporting me as a best friend. She still hated the idea. In fact, it wasn't until I really stood up to her and told her that there was nothing she could do to keep me and Chaz apart and that we cared abotu each other deeply and wanted to spend as much time together as we could before we both left for college that she actually began to get used to the fact of me having an African-American boyfriend. My father was a completely different story. He loved Chaz from the start and immediately professed that he didn't care what color his skin was. All he cared about was that he treated his little girl right, and he knew that Chaz did. So, with my parents being divorced, Chaz and I spent most of our time hanging out at my Dad's house. We didn't want to shove it in my mother's face to much until she became more comfortable with it and began to accept it. We both knew that it would just take some time. Now, don't go thinking that it was all the white family's problem. That couldn't be further from the truth. Now, Chaz didn't think that his family would care at all about me being white, and so he talked to his mother and they invited me over to dinner for the first time. Chaz came and picked me up, and we went to see an early movie and then back to his house for dinner. Well, I will never forget the pain and anger that I felt when his mother looked at Chaz and said, "After all the hard work I do to raise you right as a good man, you go and bring home a white girl?!?!?!?!? What the hell happened to mess you all up, son?" It was horrible! She said that she wouldn't have me in her home and that I was not allowed to have dinner with her and the rest of her family. She made me leave. So, Chaz said that he refused to stay and eat dinner unless I stayed and ate with them. The answer given was, "fine. Go eat her white food, and see if you don't come home as hungry as you left." Eventually, again with time, his mother and father and the rest of his family came around. Dating outside your race can be extremely tough, and if Chaz and I hadn't cared about each other as much as we did i don't think that we would have stood up for our beliefs. I think we would have just broken up and left it at that. Of course, even the hardest and biggest stone is worn away with the river of time, and sometimes that's all people need: time. This was the case with out situation. Interracial Dating is just like dating someone that is the same race as you, except you get to experience new things and a different culture, and along with the good, come the negative, but you do what you always do with any situation. . Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. That way. . . you'll always see what's coming.
Okay, first of alll I have no problem with interracial dating. I did it a few times and it worked out great. All that matters is the other person's personality. Second, I noticed something about the people who started this debate. Bushsupporter is from Colorado and pepperann is from California. It's a known fact that Colorado is one of those few states that's mostly rural where racist groups like the Nazi's and the Ku Klux Klan still operate. It's also one of those states that has an extremely high rate of hate crimes. Now, let me pose a question for Bushsupporter:
Have you ever BEEN to Cally? (For those of you who don't know, that's California.)
It seriously sounds like you haven't.
It's only a couple states away.
Take a trip you'll love it.
By the way pepperann. Thanx for bringin this up; you're hella cool! :
Is it really in the blood? That's the question. Interracial dating in my opinion is not wrong at all. Just because your DNA doesnt match up to theirs doesnt mean that you guys should not be together. Just because he/she is darker than you doesnt mean he/she is different from any other white boy/girl you date. All it is in skin. I am white and my boyfriend is half black, but does that make him different? No. He is still Eric and I love him for who he is on the inside not what he looks like on the outside. Just because our bodies are black or white doesnt determine who we are on the inside or judge who we should date. If you are wondering if you should date someone of the different race go ahead! The skin doesnt change the heart.. ~PrideNSpirit~
Again I am misunderstood by the seemingly popular and populus left. I said that dating is fine with me but I think that having kids is wrong. I do not want my children celebrating kwanza, for instance. I know some black people don't, but a lot do. It would not be fair for me to deny my wife the right to raise her children how she wants. That is why I will have a wife who wants to raise her children the same way that I do. That is how I feel. Keep it straight, would ya?
"Freedom is not Free"-Korean War Memorial, Washington DC.
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Yes, you are right -- dating doesn't always produce a child, and so I guess I should have bit my tongue about that a bit since the question deals with dating. But a lot of people are getting pretty fiery about counteracting the stigma that children from mixed marriages are confused, and, in this way, misled. Sure, it sounds nice, and pretty pc too, to say that a lot of times the race of one's parents and these sorts of things don't factor into how he is able to deal with the circumstances in his life. But you gotta also consider that a lot of times they do, and to totally shut out these possibilities, claiming the surefire argument that we must be blind to race, creed, etc., is a fallacy in itself - to be open-minded you can't be gung-ho for one option but shut off to another. The fact is that a lot of these times cultural differences DO wreck marriages, tear apart families, and the like. I sorta liked what one person said, that it's not so much the race that matters but the common - though not in all cases, i.e. between African-Americans and Caucasian Americans - lack of understanding between the parties. So while I say YES, I agree that race should not be the primary concern in choosing a mate or even just somebody to date, you MUST NOT be so color-blind to the point that the differences between two races are completely ignored - we were created different on purpose. Thanks for the insightful comments guys. 
