# 13% of Americans do not believe in inter-racial marriage???? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 6, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-of-americans-do-not-believe-in-inter-racial-marriage/687807 "2014-05-06T14:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-of-americans-do-not-believe-in-inter-racial-marriage/687807/101 "2014-05-11T19:48:10Z")
Doing a little random searching, I found this webpage which seems to give a reasonable summary of the position that the Bible says to stick to people of one’s own religion, but it doesn’t say anything about sticking to one’s own race: > **[What Does the Bible Say About Interracial Dating and Marriage?](https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/what-does-the-bible-say-about-interracial-dating-and-marriage/)** > > Is there anything in the Bible that forbids people from different ethnic origins from marrying or dating? Can an African-American marry an Anglo-Saxon? Is it biblical to have a Hispanic or Latino person marry a Native American? Are there any... ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-of-americans-do-not-believe-in-inter-racial-marriage/687807/102 "2014-05-12T17:47:28Z")
> [@j666](#): > > People who are 60 were born in 1954. Most of them probably remember the Freedom Rides. They certainly remember King’s assassination. They probably formed their most strongly held beliefs from 1964 through 1975. I doubt support of “anti-miscegenation” laws was one for most. Supporting anti-miscegentation laws and not approving of interracial marriage are at different points on the racism spectrum. The 1960’s was not marked by a generational consensus towards racial harmony. The fact that they remember MLKs assassination doesn’t mean they all felt the same way about it. It’s one thing to believe in equality its another thing to be OK with your kids marrying people of a different race. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-of-americans-do-not-believe-in-inter-racial-marriage/687807/103 "2014-05-12T21:38:58Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Doing a little random searching, I found this webpage which seems to give a reasonable summary of the position that the Bible says to stick to people of one’s own religion, but it doesn’t say anything about sticking to one’s own race: > > [What Does the Bible Say About Interracial Dating and Marriage?](http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/what-does-the-bible-say-about-interracial-dating-and-marriage/) Excellent article! I was raised in the very conservative / fundamentalist Church of Christ, and that was pretty much what my Sunday School teachers all taught – no race prejudice in the Bible, “we are all one under Christ”. And that is what I found in the Bible itself, as well. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-of-americans-do-not-believe-in-inter-racial-marriage/687807/104 "2014-05-15T01:08:06Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Supporting anti-miscegentation laws and not approving of interracial marriage are at different points on the racism spectrum. > > The 1960’s was not marked by a generational consensus towards racial harmony. The fact that they remember MLKs assassination doesn’t mean they all felt the same way about it. It’s one thing to believe in equality its another thing to be OK with your kids marrying people of a different race. The point I take issue with is your implication that people in their 60s & 70s are one monolithic block of racists. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-of-americans-do-not-believe-in-inter-racial-marriage/687807.md?page=5)