TheBig3

If they're too religious they won't date you. I wouldn't worry about religion. That issue was breached in the 1960's/70's

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Janszoon

I take it you haven't spent much time down south.

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TheBig3

Cross-denominational I mean.

And no, just Charleston.

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Janszoon

Like I said, you haven't spent much time down south.

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loveissucide

Or Ireland for that manner.

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TheBig3

huh?

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loveissucide

Cross denominational marriage is still frowned upon in large amounts of the country.

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MoonlitSunshine

Maybe in Galway, definitely not in Dublin: any sense of zeal and religiousness has gone right down the drain in the last few decades. There are still devout believers, but they're much more tolerant by necessity. I sang in a church choir for 2 years where there were at least 5 of us (of about 20 people) who didn't take communion, noone ever made anything of it. In that same parish, you saw mixed race couples quite a lot.

I suppose you could put a lot of the tolerance down to a reduced hold of religion on society, but the effect is that for most people, there's no problems with that sorta stuff anymore.

Regarding dating someone religious: I've done it, kinda. I have no problems with someone believing in something, so long as they can back up their beliefs (which is my opinion with any point of view). Everyone is entitled to believe what they want, I won't be annoyed by it unless they try to convert me to their view, and I won't question it unless they haven't put any thought into why they believe what they do.

btw: s_k, if you're not sure what people are going on about, I'm sure most people will be happy to give a shortened explanation if it's going over your head!

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Astronomer

Coming from Australia, which today is incredibly multicultural and cultural acceptance is something that practically automatically happens, culture doesn't mean any problems for me. I would happily date anyone from any culture, and in no way would ever say something like "Oh, I'd never date a _____ or someone who is ______."

That being said, I can see how it would cause problems for people of some cultures who are either very religious or have very firm cultural practices in place, who would desire that their partner share the same religion/ practices. But I've got heaps of friends who have dated people of many different ethnicities and cultures that differ from their own and it's never really been a big problem.

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Janszoon

Is this really true of Australia? I don't mean to knock where you come from, but I actually haven't heard the best things about it when it comes to racism.

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