British Columbians grow more wary of other religions, interfaith marriages

The respective rates of “comfort” with interfaith marriage are not surprising:

• 66% comfortable with Christians
• 53% comfortable with Buddhists
• 40% comfortable with Jews
• 36% comfortable with Hindus
• 28% comfortable with Sikhs
• 17% comfortable with Muslims

The article would have benefitted from actual intermarriage rates compared to attitudes, as overall intermarriage rates have generally increased, albeit from a small base.

Attitudes are not limited to the “mainstream;” as the article notes, many within communities also want their children to marry from within the community, either to preserve their faith, pass it on to children, or at least theoretically have fewer compatibility issues.

Douglas Todd: British Columbians grow more wary of other religions, interfaith marriages.