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Interfaith Marriages wins the 2022 Wedding Wire Couples Awards

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Interfaith Marriages was announced as a winner of the 2022 Wedding Wire Couples’ Choice Awards®, an accolade representing the top wedding professionals across the board in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism reviewed by couples on Wedding Wire, a leading wedding vendor marketplace. TIP BureauPublished by The Indian Panorama To determine these distinguished wedding […]

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Promoting Interfaith Harmony Through Marriages

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Promoting Interfaith Harmony Through Marriages in The US:Mike Ghouse Is A Pluralist Committed To Promoting Interfaith Marriages Main Points: 1. Mike Ghouse has officiated more than 150 interfaith marriages.2. Today more people marry across faith in the US.3. Interfaith marriages promote pluralism.4. Interfaith Marriages in The US Account For 39 Percent Of Marriages In The Country By New

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Interfaith Marriages by an Indian American – Counter View

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Countering Love Jihad? Person of Indian origin in the US floats NGO Interfaith Marriages. Courtesy Counterview – first published on March 29, 2022 By Our Representative In an email alert to Counterview, a senior Washington DC-based activist has said that recent trends suggest, that when India is regressing, the diaspora in the US is fast progressing

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Interfaith Marriages are Patriotic

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I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Indeed, when two people from different races, ethnicities, and faiths create that one nation we cherish, we all want a country where there is no “YOU” and “I” but “US.” The interfaith weddings

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Marriage on top of the Mountain

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It was such a joy to officiate two weddings last week; one in Miami, a Hindu-Muslim, and the other was a Muslim-Christian wedding in Estes Park Mountain resort in Colorado. It is 12000′ above sea level, high up in the Mountain. The couple and the two of us, me and the pastor were standing in

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Unique Wedding Traditions

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Amazing Wedding TraditionsInterfaith marriages have created amazing revivals of traditions. In the United States, people of all origins have amalgamated and created new “traditions” for their weddings. Each wedding I have officiated is different, even the food items served are fusion foods. Here the groom enters the place, and women’s family members and friends hold

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A ‘Hippie Hindu’ Wedding for a Cosmic Match

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I like this part in particular, ” All of the events over the weekend were outdoors and the couple put very specific pandemic guidelines in place — requesting that every eligible guest be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 before arrival and send proof of vaccination in advance of the weekend. For guests who could not be

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Interfaith Marriages among Jews – Pew Survey

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Courtesy – Jewish Currents The article follows a comment by Dr. Mike Ghouse; “Compatibility” was the main reason for marriages to last, but it was wrapped up in the same “religion” and same “culture and ethnicity.” The previous societies assumed that compatibility exists only among people of the same faith, and within the same ethnicity.

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The reverse of Misogyny in interfaith relationships.

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Men have not outgrown their ‘need’ to control others, particularly their women. They want their women to be subservient to their whims, even in America, and in all faith traditions. It is what the men wish that happens. The societies are still misogynistic, and I hope it will change. I am pleased to share the

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How India’s weddings are changing

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India is perhaps the first nation in the world with a record of interfaith weddings. The Great King Akbar married a Hindu princess and both kept their religions. India has been a beacon of hope – However, with the rise of jingoist nationalists, and silent approval of harassment of Interfaith couples, India witnessed severe setbacks

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