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TCESDAY. MARCH 24. 1WHGALLUP POLL ON RELIGION—IIMixed Marriages Not Opposed by MajorityCl*By GEORGE G \EEI pPRINCETON, N.J, - ■ As rf*II„r»tis* leaders ponder the implications of Pope John XXIII s ptan for a world conference on Christian unity, nearly 5 million American Catholics and Protestants who are married to a member of the opposite faith are roping on a day-to-day basis with tiie differences between the two faiths..lust how do U.S. Catholics andProtestants feel about these‘'mixed marriages? Have the ones they have known been successful? How would they react if their child wanted to marry a member of the other church?terviewed across the country were asked tills question:In the case* vou have known- — apor heard about, have marriage* between Catholics and I’rote* tant* worked nut a* well as marriage* between member* of tlie* *ame religion?The \ iews of the two groups: MIXED MARRIAGE WORKED?* * *« • * »« •lt; alhorrotes-He*iant*. 55%3*%, asISaIS3tl* 1rtan1beas\CAs part of its study of Catholir-Protestanf relations in the U.S. and tiieir implications in the Vatican’s proposed study of ways in which all Christians might unite, the Gallup Poll assigned its reporters to ask U.S. members of the two major branches of Christianity about the mixed marriages that they personally have known about as well as their feelings on a son or daughter marrying a member of the opposite faith.(The I .S. ( push* Bureau e*-timiWe* that about one Protes* tant in twelve who I* married ha* a Catholic *|h*u*p; aboutone married Catholic in five ha* a Protestant spouse—or a totalof 4.SI 0,000 person* who are partner* in a mixed marriage.)Same highlights of the study; ALTHOI till MAJORITIES of dboth Catholics and Proteslants would have no serious objection to their child marrying a member of the other church, Catholics show significantly less objection to the idea than do Protestants.catholics, whose churchimposes strict conditions under e which a Catholic may marry a jnon-Caiholie, tend to feel thatmost of the mixed marriages they have known of personally have worked out as well a* marriages between members of the same faith.PROTESTANTS, ON the otherhand, for whom marriage to a Catholic under Catholic stipulations would mean raising all children in the Catholic faith, tend to feel that the mixed marriages ( they have known have not worked out.I ROM COMMENTS recordedby Gallup Poll reporters, it is apparent that much of trie Protestant and Catholic misgivingsabout mter-marriage stems fromthe conditions which Catholics impose on a marriage with anon-Catholic.A Protestant interviewed felt lhat mosi mixed marriages he knew' of did not work out well because there s the dispute ov er the children.A Catholic admitted that in many such marriages, the children cause conflicts.Paralleling tins, however, was the comment of a Protestant mother who said:“Thev work out. Mv son mar-- Wrted a Catholic and It's very harmonious.All Catholics and Proteslants in-i*. haveNo, have notNo opinion .All Catholics and Protestants werr next asked if they would have a serious objection to a daughter or son of theirs mairy-a memhrr of the oppositemgfaith. The views of both groupsOBJECT TO MIXEDMARRIAGE?Catholic*5 e*, w otlld .....33%No, would not .. It No opinion 5Copyright, 1359, American Institute of Public OpinionPrnte*tant*.Vi ,.VS**44*\tIi
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Amarillo Globe Times
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Tue, Mar 24, 1959
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