A woman shouts slogans during a demonstation of Turkish Cypriots, who are children of mixed marriages, over delays in acquiring citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus outside the Ministry of Interior in Nicosia, Cyprus November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou 

Turkish Cypriots, who are children of mixed marriages, stage a protest over delays in acquiring citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus outside the Ministry of Interior in Nicosia, Cyprus November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou 

Ali al Sayed, local Muslim, prays as his wife Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian, holds their child at their house in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. While the local laws do not allow Muslims to marry Christians, mixed-faith couples go on normally with their lives. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Religious items are seen at Mina Liccione and Ali al Sayed's house in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian married to local Muslim Ali al Sayed, prays at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic church at Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Ali al Sayed, local Muslim, and his wife Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian, have their breakfast at home in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Ali al Sayed, local Muslim, and his wife Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian, play with their son at their home in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Ali al Sayed, local Muslim, prays as his wife Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian, holds their child at their house in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Ali al Sayed, local Muslim, reads the Quran as his wife Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian, sits next to him at their house in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian married to local Muslim Ali al Sayed, holds her child at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic church in Jebel Ali in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019.Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Ali al Sayed, local Muslim, and his wife Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian, play with their sons in their backyard in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Ali al Sayed, local Muslim, and his wife Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian, stand at their backyard in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Ali al Sayed, local Muslim, and his wife Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian, are seen with their children at their home in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian married to local Muslim Ali al Sayed, prays at her house in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Ali al Sayed, local Muslim, and his wife Mina Liccione, a Catholic Christian, have their breakfast at home in Jebel Ali, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

A combination of religious items is seen at Mina Liccione and Ali al Sayed's house in Jebel Ali in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2019. Picture taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah 

Baker Sophie Cabot mixes food colouring in the kitchen as she prepares the red velvet and chocolate wedding cake for the marriage at Windsor Castle of Britain's Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, October 10, 2018. Picture taken October 10, 2018. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS 

Horst Linsen of Germany watches television as U.S. President Barack Obama voices support to same-sex marriage at The Mix bar in San Francisco, California May 9, 2012. Obama said on Wednesday he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, taking a stand that is likely to please his political base and upset conservative voters. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) 

Horst Linsen of Germany watches television as U.S. President Barack Obama voices support to same-sex marriage at The Mix bar in San Francisco, California May 9, 2012. Obama said on Wednesday he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, taking a stand that is likely to please his political base and upset conservative voters. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) 

Pupils leave their classroom after their lesson in a Catholic school in Sarajevo, one of seven Catholic schools that have become islands of multiculturalism in the deeply divided society of Bosnia, October 16, 2009. Many children from mixed marriages, who have become a new minority in Bosnia's largely mono-ethnic towns and schools, feel better protected in mixed Catholic schools from the stigma of ethnic identity that mark out "different" students. Photo taken Octiber 16, 2009. To match Reuters Life! BOSNIA-CATHOLICS/SCHOOL REUTERS/Danilo Krstanovic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA EDUCATION SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Students raise their hands to answer a question during their class in a Catholic school in Sarajevo, one of seven Catholic schools that have become islands of multiculturalism in the deeply divided society of Bosnia, October 16, 2009. Many children from mixed marriages, who have become a new minority in Bosnia's largely mono-ethnic towns and schools, feel better protected in mixed Catholic schools from the stigma of ethnic identity that mark out "different" students. Photo taken Octiber 16, 2009. To match Reuters Life! BOSNIA-CATHOLICS/SCHOOL REUTERS/Danilo Krstanovic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA EDUCATION SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Pupils leave their classroom after their lesson in a Catholic school in Sarajevo, one of seven Catholic schools that have become islands of multiculturalism in the deeply divided society of Bosnia, October 16, 2009. Many children from mixed marriages, who have become a new minority in Bosnia's largely mono-ethnic towns and schools, feel better protected in mixed Catholic schools from the stigma of ethnic identity that mark out "different" students. Photo taken Octiber 16, 2009. To match Reuters Life! BOSNIA-CATHOLICS/SCHOOL REUTERS/Danilo Krstanovic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA EDUCATION SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Fifth grade students attend their class in a Catholic school in Sarajevo, one of seven Catholic schools that have become islands of multiculturalism in the deeply divided society of Bosnia, October 16, 2009. Many children from mixed marriages, who have become a new minority in Bosnia's largely mono-ethnic towns and schools, feel better protected in mixed Catholic schools from the stigma of ethnic identity that mark out "different" students. Photo taken Octiber 16, 2009. To match Reuters Life! BOSNIA-CATHOLICS/SCHOOL REUTERS/Danilo Krstanovic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA EDUCATION SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Two gay couples kiss, as part of an unofficial marriage ceremony, during celebrations for mainland China's first Gay Pride week at a bar in Shanghai June 13, 2009. The Gay Pride week celebrations continued in Shanghai despite cancellations of some of the festival's events by city authorities earlier in the week, according to media reports. A fair mix of local and foreign participants took part in the festival. REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA SOCIETY) 

Two gay couples exchange rings, as part of an unofficial marriage ceremony, during celebrations for mainland China's first Gay Pride week at a bar in Shanghai June 13, 2009. The Gay Pride week celebrations continued in Shanghai despite cancellations of some of the festival's events by city authorities earlier in the week, according to media reports. A fair mix of local and foreign participants took part in the festival. REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Image of Reuters reporter Diane Bartz (C) with her children Lily and Rita (R) in Takoma Park, Maryland October, 2004. When Diane Bartz's father was growing up in a Minnesota farm town during the Depression, his German Lutheran mother vehemently opposed mixed marriages. Now, her father, who is white, has two white grandchildren, two who have a black father and two adopted from Asia. To her, the fact that Armin Bartz adores his white, light brown and dark brown grandchildren is testament to how much America has changed in the past 70 years. Picture taken October, 2004. To match witness story USA-ADOPTION/RACE REUTERS/Roger Strouse (UNITED STATES) 

A member of the Peranakan Society looks at a display of wedding procession clothes at the Peranakan Museum in Singapore April 25, 2008. The museum, which opens in the city-state on Saturday, is touted as having the world's biggest collection of Peranakan artefacts. Peranakans refer to descendants of Chinese migrants who came to the Malay peninsula from the 14th century onwards. After marrying local women, they settled down and formed a hybrid culture that was a mix of Chinese, Malay and European influences. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Iraq's Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi (R) distributes a cash bonus for newly married couples during a ceremony in Baghdad October 2, 2007. Iraq is offering a cash bonus to married Iraqi couples from different sectarian groups in a drive to heal rifts between communities and foster reconciliation.
At a ceremony in Baghdad to launch the new initiative on Tuesday, 250 recently married couples from across Iraq accepted awards from Sunni Arab vice President Tareq al-Hashemi. Those in mixed marriages received $1,500. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ) 

Israeli Druze Arwad Abu Shahin (2nd R), 25, is escorted by family members through the Kuneitra crossing on the Israel-Syria border March 12, 2007. Shahin, from the Druze village of Buqata in the Golan Heights, passed through the Kuneitra crossing from Israel into Syria after parting permanently from her family to wed her Syrian fiance. REUTERS/Sharon Perry (ISRAEL) 

Israeli Druze Arwad Abu Shahin, 25, looks at herself in the mirror after putting on her wedding dress in the northern Druze village of Madgel Shams March 12, 2007. Shahin, from the Druze village of Buqata in the Golan Heights, passed through the Kuneitra crossing from Israel into Syria after parting permanently from her family to wed her Syrian fiancé. REUTERS/Sharon Perry (ISRAEL) 

A statuette of Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu deity for knowledge, lies
among woven baskets at a stall at Port Louis market November 10, 2003.
The majority of the population in Mauritius are Hindus of Indian
descent, though large numbers of Muslims and Christians are also
present. Mauritius is often cited as an example of racial and religious
harmony, though racial divisions remain, with little interracial
marriage and social mixing between the communities. REUTERS/Darrin
Zammit Lupi

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WOMAN WEARS A IRISH CLADDAGH RING ALONG SIDE A NORMAL WEDDING
ENGAGEMENT RING DURING A PRIVATE MIXED RELIGION MEETING IN BELFAST. 

A Cuban woman and a foreign man stroll down Havana's Prado avenue June 1, 2001. Mixed nationality romances and marriages are a booming business in Cuba, with Spanish men proving the most popular for Cuban women.

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Two unidentified refugees from former Yugoslavia, one holding her two-year old daughter, sit together at the Santiago airport June 16. Chile received 26 Bosnians, Croats and Serbs seeking for asylum as victims of a war that engulfed the Balkans for nearly four years starting in the early '90s. The refugees, most of them mixed marriages, had been relocated originally in Kosovo but were granted asylum during the outbreak of the recent Kosovo crisis.

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An unidentified refugee from former Yugoslavia holds a Chilean flag while getting off the bus at the Santiago airport, June 16. Chile received 26 Bosnians, Croats and Serbs seeking for asylum as victims of a war that engulfed the Balcan's for nearly four years starting in the early '90s. The refugees, most of them mixed marriages, had been relocated originally in Kosovo but were granted asylum during the outbreak of the recent Kosovo crisis.

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Two refugees from the former Yugoslavia, one holding her two-year old daughter, sit together at the Santiago airport June 16. Chile received 26 Bosnians, Croats and Serbs seeking asylum as victims of a war that engulfed the Balkan's for nearly four years starting in the early 1990's. The refugees, most of them mixed marriages, had been relocated originally in Kosovo, but were granted asylum during the outbreak of the recent crisis.

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An unidentified refugee from former Yugoslavia holds a Chilean flag while getting off the bus at the Santiago airport, June 16. Chile received 26 Bosnians, Croats and Serbs seeking asylum as victims of a war that engulfed the Balkan region for nearly four years starting in the early 1990's. The refugees, most of them from mixed marriages, had been relocated originally in Kosovo, but were granted asylum during the outbreak of the recent crisis.

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TO GO WITH STORY BC-LEBANON-MARRIAGE - Rheda Hamdan (L) a Moslem Shi'ite and Sabine Sidani, a Christian Orthodox Greek, are moving ahead with plans for a civil marriage ceremony in Cyprus, in a country described as a "house of many mansions". The Lebanese are bitterly split over approving a civil marriage code that will allow marriage between mixed religions.

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