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→4. Interracial marriage tends toward the lessening of the diversity that God intends.
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This argument might carry some weight, perhaps, if there were the real possibility that interracial marriage diminished diversity. But doesn't it actually increase it? | This argument might carry some weight, perhaps, if there were the real possibility that interracial marriage diminished diversity. But doesn't it actually increase it? | ||
The statement of relational and social unity among the races that is made by marrying interracially is as important as any biological differences | The statement of relational and social unity among the races that is made by marrying interracially is as important as any biological differences, whereas opposing interracial marriage makes the statement that races are not relationally or socially equal. | ||
===Race as a social construct=== | |||
It was once believed that our DNA could sort us into categories like the “five races:” African, European, Asian, Oceania, and Native American. But a report in Scientific America stated that "today, the mainstream belief among scientists is that race is a social construct without biological meaning." As a result, "ethnicity" is a better word to use than "race".<ref>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/race-is-a-social-construct-scientists-argue/</ref> | |||
Genetic studies have shown that there is more genetic diversity within various "races" than there is between the "races". In fact, there is not a single absolute genetic difference between the perceived races, for example, where all Africans have one variant and all Europeans another one. In fact, there is so much variation within "racial" groups that two people of European descent may be more genetically similar to an Asian person than they are to each other.<ref>https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/science-genetics-reshaping-race-debate-21st-century/</ref> | |||
==5. The cultural differences make interracial marriage wrong because the couple will be incompatible== | ==5. The cultural differences make interracial marriage wrong because the couple will be incompatible== | ||