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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (222004)	3/2/2007 6:18:33 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I believe we have been misinterpreting the words race, religion, ethnicity during our posts tonite. an example : in india, my niece who was born hindu, from the same region as her husband born catholic, converted to catholicism before their wedding. in this case - race is same, ethnicity is same, religion is different (was different until the wedding).

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (222004)	3/2/2007 6:20:09 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 281500

So in your opinion a Italian-American Catholic who wants to marry another Catholic is a racist, because Protestants accept Catholics as equals? I wouldn't make the blanket statement. If the reason is compatibility with each other and stuff like that, which is related to but not entirely dependent on race/ethnic group, then it not based on inherent discrimination. I'd rather marry an English speaker for obvious reasons. For some Catholics, they may want to spend their life with someone who will go to church with them every Sunday - that's a normal desire, it's not discriminatory. If the desire to marry a Catholic is because "good Catholics marry Catholics", and that type of mentality, then yes, it is based on discrimination (not racial, but discrimination installed probably by Catholic parents). Your example, someone who marries within their group solely to preserve the group, is clearly racist. And I'm out of time, its the day of rest out here, and I've got to go watch a Will Ferrell DVD.