Interfaith couples have expressed their concern about growing resistance to a Surabaya district court ruling in June that recognises interfaith marriage. - The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Monica Seles, 29, is feeling worried. A recent attempt to overturn a court ruling on interfaith marriages in Surabaya, East Java, has her concerned for other mixed couples in the country and their right to be wed.
She said she believes religion should not be a “barrier to marriage”, and that anyone acting in the name of religion should not prevent mixed marriages from occurring.
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