Opposites attract
Couples share advice on making an interfaith relationship work
It's an abnormally balmy January afternoon when Kelly Mills, Delaware, Ohio, graduate student, agrees to talk about her recent engagement and upcoming wedding to Marc Radasky, first-year law student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. After 10 minutes of informalities about her family and how she made the decision to move to Kansas from Washington, D.C., she begins to glance at the clock positioned on the opposite wall, insinuating she probably has better things to do with her time.
Her demeanor quickly changes, though, when the topic of her fiance is mentioned. The posture of her back abruptly straightens against the back of her chair and her soft, grayish-blue eyes seem to light up from within. She is definitely a woman in love.
Like most engaged women, Mills can't say enough about her husband-to-be. "He's funny, extremely intelligent, passionate and he has really great hair," she says as her thin lips widen into an even bigger smile. The fact that Mills is Methodist and Radasky is Jewish doesn't even register on her love-o-meter.
Mills and Radasky's situation isn't that unusual. While exact statistics are hard to come by, approximately one million married couples living in the United States are from different faith backgrounds,says www.InterfaithFamily.com, a Web site devoted to helping members of the Jewish community interact with people from different faiths.Nearly 40,000 interfaith marriages were conducted this past year, a number that is expected to double within the next 10 years,the site says.
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