Category Archives: Interfaith Marriages

Indonesia – Interfaith Marriage is Legal – But With Many Obstacles

I have officiated a wedding – a Malaysian groom and a Vietnamese bride. It was a joy to go through their celebrations Mike GhouseWedding officiantMike@Interfaithmarriages.org# # # Indonesia, Interfaith Marriage is Legal – But With Many ObstaclesCourtesy VOA  JAKARTA —  In Indonesia, interfaith marriage is legal but culturally discouraged and some religious figures have made it…

Interfaith Marriages among Jews – Pew Survey

The article follows a comment by Dr. Mike Ghouse; “Compatibility” was the main reason for marriages to last, but it was wrapped up in the same “religion” and same “culture and ethnicity.” The previous societies assumed that compatibility exists only among people of the same faith, and within the same ethnicity. That was indeed true…