Interfaith Group

fraught with interfaith issues. She was raised evangelical, is now atheist and has married a Muslim. While her husband is only marginally religious, religion is extremely important to his family and his community. In addition, my daughter's birth mother and grandmother remain deeply tied to their evangelical beliefs and were opposed to this from the beginning.

While the couple themselves really did not feel that it would be an issue for them, I sense that it is going to be much more conflictual than they anticipated.

Unless you marry a clone, things like this are going to come up. It's how a couple deals with them that is the most important and most telling for the future.

As I said before, I think color lines are fading due to inter-racial couples, and that's a good thing. I would also love to see the religion lines fading, and inter-faith marriages may accomplish that goal.

Thanks for sharing your personal history. I read elsewhere that you have a daughter, but you identify her as a black child. I am curious as to why that is.