JustaMinuteNow

I had to join this forum so I could respond here. As a black woman woman who's been married to white man for nearly 16 years, I can tell you that interracial marriage isn't difficult because of the couple, it's difficult because other people try to make it so. We were lucky because our families didn't give us a hard time and were accepting. And my husband and his family are southern. His family are also republicans, for the most part, but they try not be ignorant and they aren't stupid so that helps. Our friends were cool too. We didn't care about what strangers thought. Marriage is an adult decision and while you always care about family/friends, an adult doesn't let their lives be dictated by them. If you can't pick a spouse without your parents permission, you probably aren't mature enough for marriage. My husband and I would've married whether or not our families were onboard. They would've had to deal! I don't believe that having a racial/faith, etc. preference for yourself makes you a bigot necessarily, but when your preferences are rules for everyone else, even family, then you are a bigot. All these families on this show are prejudiced/bigots. That's what the show's about!