Weekly Discussion, Let’s Get Talking…When Religion, Tribe & Nationality Become An Obstacle To LOVE

Do not call it a thing of the past because I have one happening right now under my nose, and it is sad to see my friend going through hell all because her boyfriend is a Muslim.

For some reason, most of us put religion, race, ethnicity and nationality before anything else in life—including; placing these things before the fact that we are human beings first and any other thing is secondary.

I know more than enough people who could not marry because they are from different countries or ethnic backgrounds. And the fact that they so much love each other and are happy together did not matter to their parents/families.

For the families, the LOVE of the two is not important and equally their happiness does not matter. What really matters is what their community or friends will think about their own marrying an ‘outcast’.

I thought the times when parents picked wives and husbands for their children was long gone, giving way to a new era where people can marry whoever makes them happy—even if that person is from Mars.

But then, I was pretty much deceiving myself to think the chains that held such beliefs together were broken.

Must religion, nationality and ethnicity take dominance over the true feelings of young couples, their love, their happiness and future?

What has your experience been or have you in recent times come across this issue?

Do you know anyone who had to face this or had to let go a relationship because the family were against it on the grounds of religion, ethnicity or nationality?

Let’s get talking!