Those who want their children to marry within their culture are not demanding an arranged marriage.
Anyone with half a brain understands the difference between a preference and a marriage broker.
“Those who want their children to marry within their culture are not demanding an arranged marriage.”
When your “want” becomes something that you think you need to tell your kids, then you are engaging in “like I have to repeat” a “low-level” version of an arranged marriage. Want my parental love? Then you better marry this or that person with XYZ physical attributes.
It is passive aggressive, and you know this.
Replace the stuff with race from this candidate, with a Muslim parent saying this, and FR would be in full meltdown.
“Those who want their children to marry within their culture are not demanding an arranged marriage.”
Exactly. Maybe parents want the best lives for their children and grandchildren, and marrying within the culture provides a better chance for that than introducing another culture. Less stress.
I don’t have a problem with interracial marriages for religious or moral reasons. Two adults marry ... fine; knock yourself out. (Although all of the mixed marriages which I know intimately are DIFFICULT.) But if there will be children, I don’t think it’s fair to them. Life is hard enough when the family dynamics are “normal”.