How do you feel about interracial marriages?

Each to their own. If you love that person it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks.

As long as two people are old enough to get married and want to get married then I think they should be able to get married. I don't consider interracial marriages to be wrong or improper in any way just as I wouldn't consider gay marriages to be wrong or improper.

I don't see anything wrong with marrying someone of a different race. We're all human, and to whom we are attracted is a very personal choice. I am personally attracted to men of my own race only, but that's my taste. I believe in the old French saying, "Chacun à son goût", which means, "To each his own".

I think they're fine. People who have a problem with them are idiots.

I don't feel anything at all. Other people may marry anyone they wish; what's it do me?

Ach, whatever.

I feel the same way about it as I do any marriage.

I don't see any problem with it. We're all humans, just some of us have a different skin color. Who cares what that skin color is?
You could be purple as far as I'm concerned.

BTW, this is a conservative Republican speaking. The stereotype is NOT true. We are far from racist.

I don't think about them. Race isn't a consideration for me when I think about other people's relationships.

why no options?

If you love that person it shouldn't even be an issue. Why do you care what everyone else would think?

i have no problem with any two people in love marrying or being together......... as long as they are both in agreement and consenting adults!!

I have no problem with it but if you plan on having children it may be difficult for your child unless people change their perspective but even children have to make a choice of what they are ex.. black or white and with what type of culture do you plan to raise this child hopefully you understand that question and are not inferring anything from it

I'm all for 'em! We should just keep fudging till we're all the same color.

I have no problems with it at all. Race means nothing to me, black, white, green, yellow, whatever...you're a person no matter what.

I have no problems with this. Skin color and ethnicity have never been issues with me for I believe that we are all the same under the skin. What's important is what type of person you are marrying, not their skin color or ethnic group. Are they loving, kind, etc.? That's far more important to me than anything else.

You should be able to marrying anyone you wish.

*Not* a good idea! Diversity is one of our greatest strengths

I don't care. Personally I think marriage is stupid, no matter what race you marry. The important thing is that you love the person and make a commitment. Race and a silly, expensive ceremony are trivial matters.

Precisely the same way I feel about marriage in general.

If you want to gauge reaction, you'll get a better indication by going out together in public as a couple, in your own town. I would think that if you are contemplating marriage, you would have already done this quite a bit by now. If you are getting negative reactions, you might just want to relocate to a place where people are more tolerant of such things. I live in Vancouver, Canada. That sort of thing is so common around here that it doesn't raise any eyebrows at all.

It doesn't matter.

I have no problem with them.

I don't want to marry a black man. (I am white.) But, I think it should be up to the couple. It does kind of bother me when a (white) person gets involved with a black person, when the white person already has white kids.

Fine.But:

1)It's true that the majority of people is attracted to people of the same race,especially in countries where people of a different race are uncommon.It's natural,but so it's the other way around.I don't feel attraction for non-white people,but I don't think is wrong to feel that way.
2)Is fine but it will be difficult,so if you are really in love,do it,but remember it will be hard.I guess you already know that,anyway,so good luck to you and your partner!

Why?

I think any two humans who love each other should not concern themselves with what colour the skin on their bodies just happens to be.

5{ am in favor of it. Why the heck NOT? Why should this be an issue at all. The only reason I can think of is sometimes culturally, but if the couple love each other, this should not be a serious problem and they can learn from one another. I always wonder why people act so negatively towards this... let others mind their own bizness and let love happen where it will...

That's what I was going to say!
Why indeed!

"I don't want to spend my life being a colour"

However I am a nasty nasty person and when I see Caucasian women going out with Afro-Caribbean guys I can't help thinking that somehow there is something common and trashy about them. But screw me - do your own thing!

That might very well be true. The toffee nosed bastards are far too concerned about what other people might think!

I'm sure you wouldn't think that if they both looked all posh, getting out of an expensive auto and strolling into a nice restaurant...

Not really - I'm taking about the people who live on the council estates near me.

I think they're fine. However, I do think that anyone contemplating this should be aware of the fact that a lot of people - from both sides of the divide - will disapprove. You need to be prepared to face up to that, and not be surprised when it happens.

I just think it makes things more difficult for the children. There are a lot of prejudiced people in this world who might mistreat the kids because of that.

I don't view interracial marriages any differently than marriages between the same race.

So the people who live on the council estates are probably all common and trashy anyway. No?

A fear of other people's prejudices shouldn't prevent you from doing something. Exposure changes the world. It's easy to be prejudiced about a group of people that you've never met but having known them, it's going to take a very deep rooted hatred to maintain the same opinion.

True.

I think they're a bad idea... just like all other types of marriage.

If two people are in love and want to be married, race should not be an issue. Unfortunately though, there may be times when the couple would have to endure other people's prejudice in the matter. They should probably be prepared for that possibility.

Not so good... I don't know. I am fond of the similarity principle and as a general rule the races are very much dissimilar. It is a HUGE point against the relationship.

On the other hand, if there is a black woman and a white man both in medical school, they both speak with North-Eastern accents, they both grew up in wealthy NYC suburbs, they both want to be endocrinologists... it is irrelevant what race they are, y'know? For all practical purposes it isn't a major dissimilarity given all the similarities.

General rule though, the races are dissimilar. I have inhibitions about marrying a girl who isn't German... much less who isn't European!

There are different cultural and ethnic traditions... and these are strongly correlated with race. Marrying within your traditions is probably a good idea. There are many, many, many, black-American traditions though, and just as many white American traditions... and some are more similar than others, and in some cases whites are living within the black traditions and vice versa... but, for the most part, blacks are living black traditions and whites are living white traditions, and there is a major difference...

You're a product of many many traditions and different cultures,aren't you? Like everybody else.But the fear of the other is pretty natural,I guess,because WE are the others.Okay,I did too much cultural anthropology lately!

I wouldn't marry a black man because I'm not physically attracted by them,and as I say that's natural,but I don't think much about traditions,more about the fact that I like light skinned people,but I know I'm a patchworth of different influences,and I secretely admire those that marry out of their race and culture.We need them.

Well, I'm just getting at the fact that people tend to get along better the more similar they are (in fact, aside from proximity/propinquity it is the most impotant factor in interpersonal attraction). And a favoritism for ones own culture is natural.

Personally I think diversity blows. I am extremely fond of the unadulterated tradition, the untouched, pure, tradition.

I don't think the Native Americans benefitted much from the 'diversity' that European culture gave them. Nor do I think that the Celtics were done a favor when they were diversified by the romans. I think culture should be untouched. Purity is a virtue.

Are you very right-wing?
That's one of the things I like of the "new" approach of cultural anthropology,that is a lot against purity,is a very un-racist field in itself even though in the past has been over-paternalistic.I think everybody benefits from diversity and that you can be pure and mixed at the same time,thus creating new degrees of purity,I feel myself very celtic-roman,which is the main background of my area and even though I know those people didn't get along at their time for a while (and being romantically partial to Celts),I can't deny that I'm a product of both.It's like moaning because you have a nose.I'm proud of having a nose.

I don't have a problem with them. I think that in certain places in America the family will experience discrimination and reactions from people that don't agree with them. You'd have to be strong of character and sure of your decision.

It's fine and you shouldn't let it stop you, but it's likely to be an issue in the relationship and in how others evaluate you.

interracial marriages are ok by me

I personally don't like this.

I don't care. Marry who you want.

Everybody is the same under the skin. Marry whoever you want.