There was a time when many people put forward Biblical reasons for opposing inter-racial marriage, too. Of course, we are all past that now. And I’d like to think that any of us here, had we been adults fifty or a hundred years ago, would not have agreed with that opposition. But I think it’s very evident that that’s not true. Many people nowadays who think of themselves as thoughtful and fair-minded would, in another era, have opposed inter-racial marriage, because of religious interpretation, or simply not questioning what they were taught. Which is sad, isn’t it? We can understand the history of prejudice-dressed-in-cultural/religious-interpretation, and strive to do better. Can’t we?