"I would like her a lot more if she weren't Muslim"

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Sava
Wow... sounds like a nice place. That's the problem with America; too many damn fundies. Everyone's an extremist of sorts. I wouldn't mind it so much if they weren't so hypocritical.

Most topics seem to be slightly less extreme here. The whole abortion thing is pretty much a non-issue here. Most of the religious stuff is very subtle, something personal not something to preach to others. There are exceptions to all that as well of course.

[Worthingtons]

An old friend of Mine was From Reading, the most religious person i have ever met.
Strange that

[MikeH]

There are exceptions of course.

[Az]

Unfortuately, my parents are a bit of a bigot too.

Try to fix them. I am lucky I am not gay, my dad is a raging homophobe, as well as a shauvenist. But he's not racist at all. He's a shauvenist commie.

[Sava]

Azazel: as long as you know who your dad is, we can't call you a "commie bast4rd" any more.

[Dr Strangelove]

Hey guys, at 14 let's not talk about marriage yet. JW can't even own property or manage his own affairs yet.

Maybe he should tell Mom that she's in line to inherit some of the Saudi family's oil wealth.

[gsmoove23]

Where is JW? I want an update. I wonder if we'll see his politics changing over the next couple of months.

[Japher]

Just ask her if she would like YOU less if you became muslim... Leave it as rhetorical question and have some fun.

[chequita guevara]

Tell your mom you're just using the girl for sex.

Seriously, though, it's really not a major deal. #1, no girl is good enough for a mother's son. #2, parents can learn. Use this as an opportunity to educate your mother instead of getting angry with her.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Muslims have had a far, far greater tradition of marrying non-muslims than jews have had of marrying non-jews.

Perhaps, but Jews in the US are more liberal minded than Muslims in the US. Jews are MUCH more likely to date out of their own religion than Muslims in this country.

Imran: That's only because the Jews have been here longer. Just about every group which comes to the US tries to preserve its identity before the second and third generation starts doing exactly what JW is going right now. "Wow, she looks really cute! Maybe I ought to go say hello. "

[Az]

one of the best things about America ( too bad it doesn't work with black people, though che might disagree. )

[Dinner]

Unfortunately, due to historical circomstances most Blacks are not included in the last generalization. Still, things have changed vastly in the last 30 years. I mean a total sea change.

[Az]

That's great.

[chequita guevara]

There's more resistence in the Black community to Black-white relationships than from the white community these days, for a whole host of reasons. Bunnygrrl and I have had more dirty looks from Black people than from white folks. Among our family, though, only my grandmother seemed to have any problem with it. My grandfather was more upset about our living together unmarried.

[Az]

"Black people, on average, have lower IQ than white people."
-Dad



"So, dad, is the white man smarter than us?"
-Me.