Summary

EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM SAID MARRYING NON-CHRISTIAN MIGHT LEAD THE FAITHFUL ASTRAY IN HIS SYNDICATED COLUMN AND A TEACHER IS COMPARING THIS BELIEF OF NAZI THEORY THAT ANYONE ELSE IS INFERIOR

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 168531
Story Slug Graham - Marriage
Location Charlotte, NC
Format PKG
Date 08/31/1999
Archive Time 1:02:51
TRT 1:43
Supers Charlotte, NC Ellen Martin, Interfaith Marriage Precious Beatty, Against Rabbi Jim Bennett Melinda Law, Reporting
Video Description ELLEN MARTIN; COUPLE PIC; ELLEN MARTIN SOT; STAR OF DAVID; CROSS; FEMALE SOT; MALE SOT; DOORWAY OF JEWISH TEMPLE; RABBI BENNET SOT; COUPLE PIC; FAMILY PIC; ELLEN MARTIN SOT;
Description EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM SAID MARRYING NON-CHRISTIAN MIGHT LEAD THE FAITHFUL ASTRAY IN HIS SYNDICATED COLUMN AND A TEACHER IS COMPARING THIS BELIEF OF NAZI THEORY THAT ANYONE ELSE IS INFERIOR
Script LEAD: TELEVISON EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM IS MAKING WAVES ALONG THE EAST COAST GRAHAM'S LATEST SYNDICATED COLUMN STATED PEOPLE SHOULD NOT MARRY OUTSIDE OF THEIR FAITH AND THAT HAS SOME RESIDENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA A BIT UPSET MELINDA LAW IN CHARLOTTE HAS MORE (TAKE PKG) SCRIPT: IT'S HARD TO SAY A MARRIAGE THAT'S LASTED MORE THAN 20 YEARS IS WRONG ELLEN MARTIN IS JEWISH HER HUSBAND, TIM, IS SOUTHERN BAPTIST with any marriage, there are issues tath come up all the time and this issue we've worked through and figure out how to balance it and respect each other and it works INTERFAITH MARRIAGE IS COMMON, EVEN THOUGH MOST RELIGIONS HAVE ALWAYS CAUTIONED AGAINST IT tradition clearly, the jewish community was opposed to people marrying out of that community and in hebrew, god tells us interfaith marriage is wrong BUT RABBI JIM BENNETT SAYS THAT'S NO LONGER THE VIEW OF REFORM JUDAISM HE SAYS THE CONGREGATION NOT ONLY WELCOME INTERFAITH COUPLES, RABBI BENNET CONSELS THEM our philosophy is in this day age in a country like america where jews and christians and people live side by side it's inevitable taht people will fall in love with people who come from different faiths SCRIPT NOT COMPLETELY SENT ATLANTIC
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