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When interfaith marriage creates permanent conditional acceptance

I married outside my Sikh faith and my family attended the wedding but they still won't eat at my house and I don't know how many years of proving myself is enough.

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Religious intermarriage can result in a lifetime of probationary belonging within one's own family system.

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“Where Are You with The hyphenated identity and belonging?”

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