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How interfaith couples navigate family expectations across multiple identity lines

I'm in an interfaith marriage and my partner and I are trying to plan our wedding, but every decision - from venue to ceremony to guest list - is highlighting how our different religious backgrounds intersect with our families' class and cultural expectations in ways we didn't anticipate.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Personal celebrations become sites where multiple systems of belonging collide, requiring negotiation across difference rather than simple compromise.

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